And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter.
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesNot given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryFor, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus
LawSaul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness.
Psalms
PoetryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
Genesis
LawOf a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release;
Deuteronomy
LawNow I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs
WisdomWhich devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?
John
GospelsThe sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms
PoetryYea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhen they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.