And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
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I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAfter him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhat? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTo what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
Genesis
LawAnd Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
Ruth
History / SamuelThey are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
Psalms
PoetryLet the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryEvil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.