Wherefore he called that place Beer-sheba; because there they sware both of them.
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And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Psalms
PoetryAnd they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
Job
WisdomFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsOur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Psalms
PoetryIt is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs
WisdomLooking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHow much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Job
WisdomOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
Ezra
HistoryShould it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.