And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
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For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThen David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTo hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
Genesis
LawThy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
2 Samuel
HistoryAs they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThen went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded.
Numbers
LawAt the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms
PoetryThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsPeace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesLament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelO LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.