And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
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The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsWho maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
Luke
GospelsThat in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis
LawFor the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
Ezra
HistoryIf any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
LawAnd if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhen the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.
Genesis
Law / MosesHis seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Psalms
PoetryBut even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
Judges
HistoryThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBy whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNow when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.