So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
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Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chronicles
HistoryForasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAs a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Esther
HistoryThen shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
Joshua
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines?
Judges
HistoryAnd he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
Psalms
PoetryHonour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryWhat will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaCome, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryWhereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood.
Hebrews
General EpistlesFor out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew
GospelsBlessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Hebrews
General EpistlesTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.