Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIn one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesMy days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen!
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahLikewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
James
General EpistlesAnd the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTheir knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryAnd Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryThe lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
Revelation
ApocalypticHow long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHuram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.