And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job
Wisdom / JobHow he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
PoetryAnd they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
Judges
History / SamuelTeaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis
Law / MosesJudah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
Genesis
Law / MosesLet thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Nehemiah
HistoryThou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel
HistoryThey say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
John
GospelsI will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.
Job
WisdomAnd it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
Luke
GospelsFor he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawThe LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSee, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.