So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWho shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGo and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
Psalms
PoetryZalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
2 Samuel
HistoryO thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rereward with Achish.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Exodus
Law / MosesThe meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.
Exodus
LawAnd Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Genesis
LawBlessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLet thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Ruth
HistoryUnto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhen he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
Genesis
Law / MosesDefraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Job
WisdomFor they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.