And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.
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Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
Psalms
PoetryThen the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther
HistoryAnd say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSalute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThey shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
1 Kings
HistoryAre there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
Job
Wisdom / JobOf the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers
LawThe heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.
Joshua
HistoryBoth the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSon of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhich were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Job
WisdomI will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosTo make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOur fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
John
GospelsWhen Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Leviticus
LawThou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms
PoetryThen Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.