For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
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Luke
GospelsTheir heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
Genesis
Law / MosesBow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanRejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOf the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites.
Numbers
Law / MosesA sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Psalms
PoetryThen Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.
Genesis
LawBut the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew
GospelsFor I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhat shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: