That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Ruth
HistoryWherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
Mark
GospelsIf thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
Deuteronomy
LawForbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulVex the Midianites, and smite them:
Numbers
Law / MosesIn measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiBut judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAs it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
1 Peter
General EpistlesHowbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Genesis
LawSeven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.