I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies.
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To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd 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 / MordecaiLet my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTestifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd 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
HistoryAt the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis
LawI rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMany bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
John
GospelsBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra
HistoryVerily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John
Gospels / JohnThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred.
Numbers
LawI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAll we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.