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Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest:
Leviticus
LawHe hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThen said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Numbers
LawWherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraEven so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis
LawAnd the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThat ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
2 Chronicles
HistoryLet these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
Luke
GospelsAnd Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.
Judges
History / SamuelBut the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTheir children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsUnto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNeither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.