Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.
Exodus
LawAnd Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
Daniel
Major ProphetsUpon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Job
WisdomMoreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryThe sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
Luke
GospelsThen the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
Numbers
LawAnd Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis
LawAnd when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord.
John
Gospels / JohnWoe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLuke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesCall unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Matthew
GospelsAnd God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
James
General EpistlesBecause of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.