Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
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But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryThe foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
Proverbs
WisdomThou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel
HistoryFor evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSuffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males.
Ezra
HistoryWho shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesI will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWhen thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:
Deuteronomy
LawI will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
2 Samuel
HistoryJesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.