And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
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But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThere was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
Acts
HistoryWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
John
Gospels / JohnMake a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Psalms
PoetrySo king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiThen said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
2 Kings
HistoryI went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus
LawAnd he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Judges
HistorySo foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
Mark
GospelsBecause 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
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Mark
GospelsAnd I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
Judges
HistoryAnd a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.