And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
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Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
Psalms
PoetryFor all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
Matthew
GospelsElse when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
Judges
HistoryWhy are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
2 Samuel
HistoryDelight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSon of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.
Acts
HistoryAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Acts
History / LukeIron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Job
WisdomAnd when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Judges
HistoryAs we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Exodus
LawI therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.