Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
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For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
Exodus
Law / MosesSay unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Ezra
HistoryYe shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Leviticus
LawAnd when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Judges
History / SamuelSo Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John
GospelsWherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
1 Samuel
HistoryBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumWhat thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
Judges
HistoryBehold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelA fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Psalms
PoetryAnd for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
Law / MosesSo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.