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And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.
Joshua
HistoryNow when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Genesis
Law / MosesAll these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Psalms
PoetryBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
Acts
History / LukeIf a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs
Wisdom / Solomon(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
Genesis
LawFor the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther
HistoryAnd Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Deuteronomy
LawBinding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Judges
History / SamuelJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.