And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
Luke
GospelsBut when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.
Exodus
LawAnd the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?
Judges
HistoryThe king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
Psalms
PoetryAnd on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBehold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job
WisdomFor day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs
WisdomFor at the window of my house I looked through my casement,
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
Luke
GospelsDelight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThese are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt,