Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThis he said, signifying what death he should die.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Joshua
History / JoshuaA good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
Numbers
Law / MosesO LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
Exodus
LawSo David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
1 Samuel
HistorySo shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her.
Genesis
LawThen Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.
Numbers
LawLong time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
Acts
History / LukeAll the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.