And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
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Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Acts
History / LukeFor this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Titus
Pauline EpistlesThere shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
John
GospelsFrom the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOf Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAsk thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Judges
HistoryGive us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
Judges
HistoryAll they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:
Ruth
HistoryOf the children of Issachar, by 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 David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.