And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
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And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
Exodus
LawRejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Joshua
HistoryBut I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThat ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryO that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNeither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThough Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahPrinces are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahOf Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNeglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Samuel
HistorySay unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahConsider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
Psalms
PoetryHow thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalms
PoetryFor if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesHatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke
GospelsThe heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.