In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
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For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhich came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
Ezra
History / EzraBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod.
Exodus
LawAnd if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
HistoryHe that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
Joshua
HistoryFor man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonNow therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMy soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:
2 Peter
General EpistlesSo kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAre not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
Ezra
History / EzraLet my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation
ApocalypticYet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.