O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.
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And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis
LawYet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThough thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahThe king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
Joshua
HistoryThat ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesWill a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store.
Leviticus
LawAnd when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
Acts
HistoryOne of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulNevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesBehold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying,
Exodus
LawAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
John
Gospels / JohnHanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Joshua
History / JoshuaGive strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.