And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
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Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Esther
History / MordecaiNow the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle.
Genesis
LawFor your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
Job
WisdomAnd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus
Law / MosesMark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth.
Job
WisdomFor, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
Mark
Gospels / MarkI decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
Matthew
GospelsAnd came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.
Exodus
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.