And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
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And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet.
1 Kings
HistoryBut we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryFor by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHusbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielRun now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
GospelsSon of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Psalms
PoetryThy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
Jonah
Minor ProphetsI wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
3 John
General EpistlesAnd whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man.