For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
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They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job
WisdomAnd after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel
HistoryGo, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Exodus
LawSo then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
Matthew
GospelsSo the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAlso I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIn the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
1 Kings
HistoryBut I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Numbers
LawFor I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalms
PoetryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.