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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For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahOr saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesYet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job
WisdomMy days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job
WisdomThis he said, signifying what death he should die.
John
GospelsAnd will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
Numbers
Law / MosesBut when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers
LawForasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms
PoetryAnd every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
Acts
History / LukeAnd Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis
LawTen fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: