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For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHim that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
Deuteronomy
LawFor the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts
History / LukeSo the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
Acts
HistoryWhose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job
WisdomThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
John
Gospels / JohnAs thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
Joshua
History / JoshuaKirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
Numbers
LawAnd ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThough I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahShall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIf thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: