And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
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And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahRiches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
Job
Wisdom / JobThere go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAmaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryA servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWith all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahOh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Joshua
HistoryAnd thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
Judges
HistoryAnd Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesSend thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
Joshua
HistoryShe is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Job
WisdomHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.