And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsFor if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTherefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
GospelsThen Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesMy hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryI gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhen the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
Matthew
GospelsThat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis
LawNow in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together.
Deuteronomy
LawThey prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Numbers
Law / MosesOnly the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
Leviticus
LawBecause sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.