And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
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Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSurely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Job
Wisdom / JobTo go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges
HistoryThy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
Psalms
PoetryHe shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
Acts
History / LukeNow Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
John
Gospels / JohnBut now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:
Job
WisdomRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
1 John
General EpistlesNor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
Genesis
LawBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonStay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Mark
GospelsIf thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children;