And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
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He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army.
Genesis
Law / MosesJavan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
Luke
GospelsRise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
Mark
GospelsMy doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
Deuteronomy
LawSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahHis roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Esther
HistoryAnd they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Acts
HistoryAnd Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
LawAnd by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThere is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke
GospelsIf an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.
Genesis
LawAnd he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThough I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me.