Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
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They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
2 Kings
HistoryForbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he said, I am Abraham's servant.
Genesis
LawBlessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
Leviticus
LawAnd the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
2 Samuel
HistoryBe not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
Job
WisdomLord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Psalms
PoetryTo all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.
Numbers
LawI in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.