Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
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Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.
2 Samuel
HistoryHis lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Luke
GospelsThen hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.
Judges
HistoryFor precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBe not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSurely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
1 Kings
HistoryO LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
1 John
General EpistlesEvery man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTherefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.