And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
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Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThese were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty.
Numbers
Law / MosesEgypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThe LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThis is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing.
Leviticus
LawO Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielPour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
Psalms
PoetryFor he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
Job
WisdomAnd after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes.
Exodus
LawFor he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah.
1 Kings
HistoryThen took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers
LawAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew
GospelsThe memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Proverbs
WisdomBut the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
Genesis
Law / MosesThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Deuteronomy
LawSo Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
2 Samuel
HistoryHave not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.