And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
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They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Genesis
LawAnd said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsThen said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again:
Leviticus
Law / MosesCome, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
GospelsLet the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
2 Chronicles
HistoryThis thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAfter this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job
Wisdom / JobBy so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBetter is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomNow these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBoth thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWoe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.