O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
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These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
1 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Judges
HistoryKnow ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTheir heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Psalms
PoetrySo the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnGet thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesDeck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Job
Wisdom / JobTake his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGod thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
Job
WisdomNo servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Luke
GospelsWho hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Micah
Minor ProphetsOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.
Deuteronomy
LawBless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Luke
GospelsWith the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
Psalms
PoetryAnd they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Acts
History / LukeAnd I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.