Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Genesis
LawTherefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.
1 Kings
HistoryAvenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luke
GospelsI said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.
Job
WisdomBut they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Proverbs
WisdomNow the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark
GospelsAnd they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOnly let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings
HistoryHaving yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBeloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: