We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
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Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.
Judges
History / SamuelThen said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Luke
GospelsIf he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
Exodus
LawAnd all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
Luke
GospelsFor mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMake a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Genesis
LawThen beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
Luke
Gospels / LukeYe shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhich sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers
LawAnd so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: