To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesIn the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Psalms
PoetryWhat is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsA bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Joshua
HistoryThe heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs
WisdomSo they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?