Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
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And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms
PoetryThen hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
Law / MosesThine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetrySince thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job
WisdomTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job
WisdomThe wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke
Gospels(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: