Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.
Acts
HistoryWhile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
Matthew
GospelsThen said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsGather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhich commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Job
WisdomGo to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
James
General Epistles / JamesLay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew
GospelsAnd ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Exodus
Law / MosesIt is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
2 Kings
HistoryLet them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
Luke
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOnly thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: