And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielArt not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Acts
History / LukeBehold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSeraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulShall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThat they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
3 John
General EpistlesHow are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Obadiah
Minor Prophets(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan,