Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
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Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Joshua
HistoryBefore your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalms
PoetrySo Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
LawBehold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
LawWhen thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim,
Joshua
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
Genesis
LawAnd of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThis day came ye out in the month Abib.
Exodus
LawAnd of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts
HistoryAnd he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMy heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
Mark
GospelsThen the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
Acts
HistoryFor he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;