And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhich was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
Luke
GospelsAnd this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus
LawAnd if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Matthew
GospelsFor indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThese are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
Revelation
ApocalypticThen the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadesh-barnea.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryAnd she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
Luke
GospelsFor from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
Mark
GospelsWith whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
Revelation
ApocalypticThen said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahFor what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesO thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahOf the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
Psalms
PoetryAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.