And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis
LawEvery thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
Numbers
LawAnd the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
Judges
HistoryAnd he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Genesis
Law / MosesJesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John
GospelsI prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1 Samuel
HistoryI will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Matthew
GospelsThen went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.
Judges
History / SamuelLove not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
WisdomHeshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhen they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people;