But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
Revelation
ApocalypticShallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
1 Chronicles
HistorySing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther
HistoryPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRemember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
Luke
GospelsAnd when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhich bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraCommit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.