For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Kings
HistoryBut if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThat thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTerrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts
History / LukeThree times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.
Exodus
LawAmong whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;)
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
Matthew
GospelsAnd many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhat shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luke
GospelsAnd he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesEgypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIf thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus
LawThen he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBe sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: