And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
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Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Genesis
LawHe smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
Ezra
History / EzraThen shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers
Law / MosesIn the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSo she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Ruth
History / SamuelThat I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis
LawAnd he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
Wisdom / JobFather, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
John
Gospels / JohnSeraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryThen I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus
LawLet them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.