Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
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And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryWhich rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
Job
Wisdom / JobI say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mark
GospelsThe sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites,
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis
LawFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
WisdomFor he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalms
PoetryO Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
1 Kings
HistoryThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
Acts
HistoryAdonijah, Bigvai, Adin,
Nehemiah
HistoryA woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
John
GospelsAnd when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance.
1 Samuel
HistoryHold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.