And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms
PoetryAnd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
LawWhich are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Numbers
Law / MosesSon of man, What is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGood understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs
WisdomBe ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.
Numbers
LawTherefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHave I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
Numbers
LawThen an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
Daniel
Major ProphetsKnowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
Titus
Pauline EpistlesFor I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Job
WisdomThere brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Mark
GospelsFear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
John
GospelsThou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
Numbers
Law / MosesJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
GospelsSo that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.