Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAs they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
John
Gospels / JohnWhen Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he brought also the brasen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
Acts
HistoryBut when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
Acts
HistoryAnd the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
Numbers
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Deuteronomy
LawHe that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Psalms
PoetryFor the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
Proverbs
WisdomI know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNow after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Joshua
HistoryEsther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
Esther
HistoryTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Acts
History / LukeHe delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.