For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNow for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWithin two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsA time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryFor they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'.
Leviticus
Law / MosesCome near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Numbers
LawAnd therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
John
GospelsThe horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThe Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Luke
GospelsIs not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exodus
LawAnd the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYe men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:
Acts
History / LukeAnd being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.