He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
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He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
Psalms
PoetryO earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job
WisdomThen sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Acts
History / LukeOr a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
2 Samuel
HistoryAs the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDepart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
Judges
HistoryThis charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBaana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Revelation
ApocalypticGod hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulYet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out.
Joshua
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
1 Kings
HistoryThese were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Proverbs
WisdomNow in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.