Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
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And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Ezra
HistoryBut thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahNow in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
John
Gospels / JohnMagpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThere went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawBring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis
LawWhom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts
HistoryBut if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Deuteronomy
LawA lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt;
Exodus
LawSay among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?