For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsSo that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWhose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAlso, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Genesis
LawWho led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:
Exodus
Law / MosesO earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth
HistoryA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
James
General EpistlesJesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Numbers
LawYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Judges
HistoryAnd Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,