And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
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He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAlso Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
Acts
HistoryAnd Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan:
1 Kings
HistoryThey drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
Psalms
PoetryLo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages:
Joshua
HistoryAnd it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1 Kings
HistoryI counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
Acts
HistoryFor it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
1 Peter
General EpistlesSave thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
Genesis
LawBut that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Acts
History / LukeThus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.
Numbers
Law / MosesIt is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
Psalms
PoetryBut if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)