And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiTo confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Esther
History / MordecaiVerily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
1 Kings
HistoryBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor he that is dead is freed from sin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulPeter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawOf the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.
Numbers
LawThe firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
WisdomWherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:
Joshua
HistoryAnd thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they could not answer him again to these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.