And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
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Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp.
Leviticus
LawAnd they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis
LawTake his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Acts
HistoryAnd when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAzmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnO LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumWhoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
Luke
GospelsIf thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
Luke
GospelsAnd brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
Mark
GospelsTherefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahO Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings
HistoryFor I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis
LawWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.