And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAt the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThese are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
Genesis
LawAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts
HistoryAnd when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAs it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterFor ye are our glory and joy.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
Revelation
ApocalypticHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.