And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
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I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
Psalms
PoetryBalaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaEven unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus
LawThere is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBeloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Jude
General EpistlesTherefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Deuteronomy
LawJehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryHe that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John
GospelsBy much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNow therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsEliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahGiving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulCometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim,