For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
Luke
Gospels / LukeLet my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Genesis
LawAnd let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Judges
HistoryBut the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
Numbers
Law / MosesYe hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
Matthew
GospelsSo when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjath-jearim:
Joshua
HistoryTo a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
Luke
GospelsAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Luke
GospelsThey also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
1 Kings
HistoryBut go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.