Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
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That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosKnowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
Genesis
LawCast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
Job
WisdomBut the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOut of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the men were about twelve.
Acts
HistoryAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
History / SamuelFor on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
1 Kings
HistoryIf I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job
WisdomAnd Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesGo thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job
Wisdom / JobTherefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhen my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.