Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
Ezra
History / EzraAnd they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
Mark
GospelsAnd when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNeither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.
Exodus
Law / MosesSing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Genesis
LawMan is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
Esther
HistoryAnd Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahJoel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
Mark
GospelsAnd David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsHe opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewA wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
Proverbs
WisdomBut there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Psalms
PoetryDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs
WisdomAll the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.