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And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
Acts
History / LukeAs they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTheir children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Psalms
PoetryHe looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job
WisdomNow there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
John
GospelsAnd the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
1 Kings
HistoryBlessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms
PoetryHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBlessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAll these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.
Acts
HistoryHe built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.