And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
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And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings
HistoryI thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they served their idols: which were a snare unto them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Judges
HistoryBehold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther
History / MordecaiO God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name.
Esther
HistoryAnd cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Revelation
ApocalypticWoe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHeaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs
WisdomGod forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.
Judges
History / SamuelBut glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: