And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
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And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
Exodus
LawForty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
Luke
GospelsHe that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Luke
GospelsWhat is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd goeth out from Beth-el to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth,
Joshua
HistoryAnd if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Leviticus
Law / MosesYet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
HistoryHear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.