The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
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Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhich commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Proverbs
WisdomOf the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.
Numbers
LawPut on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsLet them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnA wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
Genesis
LawThe roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
Job
WisdomThe seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThese see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Psalms
PoetryAnd one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
James
General EpistlesFor on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.