For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Proverbs
WisdomThey were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSon of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhich I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Genesis
LawDost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Job
Wisdom / JobSalute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job
Wisdom / JobYe looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs
WisdomO God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
John
Gospels / JohnFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job
WisdomAnd Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew
GospelsEphraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaSo he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAlso day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.