And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
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As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
Exodus
Law / MosesThy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Genesis
Law / MosesWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
1 Samuel
HistoryTo set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
Job
Wisdom / JobUnto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Acts
HistoryAnd the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.
Luke
GospelsAfter this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
Ruth
History / SamuelThe earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsTwo and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTheir horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
Numbers
LawBlow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.