Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
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And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryFor from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Numbers
LawBut they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahGo, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:
Exodus
LawThe LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
Job
WisdomAnd Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
Judges
History / SamuelBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
Deuteronomy
LawThe carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.
Deuteronomy
LawAfterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter
General EpistlesThou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
1 Samuel
HistorySimon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Luke
Gospels / LukeHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.