And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings
HistoryIf a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
James
General EpistlesImmediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Matthew
GospelsWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.
Leviticus
LawThe word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelShe weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOf the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two.
Nehemiah
HistoryWherefore Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
Genesis
LawO remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
LawWhen ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
Joshua
HistoryAnd they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.
Numbers
LawAnd he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation
ApocalypticSo they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.