Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
Esther
HistoryWhen I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place.
Ezra
HistoryThey shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWhich holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?
Exodus
LawFor all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
Judges
History / SamuelWho covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
Psalms
PoetryFor it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram.
Psalms
PoetryAnd, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.
1 Samuel
HistoryThere is no fear of God before their eyes.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,