Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
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And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTurn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBe not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father;
Genesis
LawThe wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBreak their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryShammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Mark
GospelsPilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
Matthew
GospelsAnd one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.