And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami.
Ezra
History / EzraSpeak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
Numbers
Law / MosesThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Psalms
PoetryGo to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
Genesis
LawIf we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraShuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
Psalms
PoetryForty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNeither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Esther
HistoryAnd he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job
WisdomLet them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.