When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
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When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
Judges
HistoryAnd they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
Mark
GospelsTherefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSaul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
Genesis
LawAnd Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
WisdomAnd Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.
Genesis
Law / MosesDo not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
Leviticus
LawThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThat the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesShall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMarvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
John
GospelsAnd I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThey shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him.