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And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
Nehemiah
HistoryVerily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
John
GospelsI remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosYea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.
Job
Wisdom / JobGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Psalms
PoetryWhich things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesIn measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house,
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
Proverbs
WisdomThat was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
John
GospelsNevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThough the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.