Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
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Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesTo all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew
GospelsAnd she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTake heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest:
Deuteronomy
LawFor if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThat which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnVerily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
John
GospelsWhen I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
Psalms
PoetryThen Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobFor all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is our's, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
Genesis
LawBecause he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Job
WisdomLet thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Proverbs
WisdomObserve thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
Numbers
LawBut thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.