And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers
Law / MosesSurely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
Job
WisdomThese things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
John
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawThe heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.
Proverbs
WisdomRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James
General EpistlesAnd immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
Luke
GospelsHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
Judges
HistoryBut ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnIf these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me.
Numbers
Law / MosesSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Genesis
LawThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Matthew
GospelsBlessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Mark
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.