And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
1 Kings
HistoryBut as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawBut king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Judges
History / SamuelRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
1 Kings
HistoryFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAlso I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Leviticus
LawEven as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterYea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaFrom thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Psalms
PoetryNay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis
Law / MosesNeither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.