I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
Genesis
LawBut when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
Luke
GospelsIn the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBe ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed.
Numbers
LawBecause of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOn the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Psalms
PoetryIn all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,
Deuteronomy
LawBut the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.