And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryTurn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryBut a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John
GospelsAnd wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther
History / MordecaiTake heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Acts
HistoryBy a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsPilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBe of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him.
Luke
GospelsIf ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 John
General EpistlesNow when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Job
WisdomAnd thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness.
Numbers
LawNow the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1 Kings
HistoryFor if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAgain the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
John
Gospels / JohnWhoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis
LawAnd the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.