I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
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He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.
Exodus
LawIs this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
James
General Epistles / JamesBut evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHis own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus
LawMake thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Micah
Minor ProphetsWhen they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
Acts
History / LukeThe children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Exodus
LawKnowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James
General EpistlesFor, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThis is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraOf the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;