Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
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And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
Judges
History / SamuelThen came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
Matthew
GospelsAnd the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWhen thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryOr I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.
2 Samuel
HistoryNevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Ezra
History / EzraBut the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
Acts
HistorySo Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew
GospelsGet thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMany are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent.