And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
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That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
John
GospelsJesus wept.
John
GospelsIf I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
Job
WisdomAnd this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis
LawAnd it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNeither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
HistoryFor because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNow when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
John
GospelsMoses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawOf the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
2 Kings
HistoryMoreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThey drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesProvide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?