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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And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.
Ruth
History / SamuelThen she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?
2 Kings
HistoryAfter the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielOf the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Psalms
PoetryAnd many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
Matthew
GospelsPraise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryThen came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
Luke
Gospels / LukeMoreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIf I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Acts
History / LukeEvery raven after his kind;