Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
Acts
History / LukeDeliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.
Genesis
LawNow as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
Mark
GospelsThen will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,
Ruth
HistoryAnd they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Exodus
LawBut she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
Joshua
HistoryThen said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
John
GospelsThe men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryAt the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus
Law / MosesBut if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing;
Leviticus
LawAnd king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMoreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto.