For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms
PoetryAnd while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Joshua
HistoryAnd it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance.
Numbers
LawAnd ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Deuteronomy
LawHow canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God.
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThese are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTo know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
Joshua
HistorySo Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Judges
History / SamuelBut as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHis bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
Ezra
History / EzraThe strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielShe said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.