And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job
Wisdom / JobSo built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Ruth
HistoryAnd the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
Exodus
LawFor while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
Leviticus
LawWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Matthew
GospelsFor it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsCome down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Acts
HistoryAnd we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship;
Acts
History / LukeFear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
Psalms
PoetryCome ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Mark
GospelsEdom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYe have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWe hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.