And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers
Law / MosesSo let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.
Judges
HistoryThey have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
John
GospelsSix of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhen he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSaying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law.
Acts
History / LukeJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahShew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
Psalms
PoetryWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Luke
GospelsConsider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Luke
GospelsAnd their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;