Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
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And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Genesis
LawThis is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.
Deuteronomy
LawBut they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
Joshua
HistoryWould ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
Ruth
History / SamuelWhither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.
Exodus
LawAnd goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth-horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
Joshua
HistoryTo the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTo appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra
HistoryAnd he said, A certain man had two sons:
Luke
Gospels / LukeStrengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
Matthew
GospelsThose that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.