I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
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For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mark
GospelsWherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
Matthew
GospelsA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHer cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
Ruth
HistoryIt shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress.
Numbers
LawEvery man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch.
Numbers
LawIn that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Genesis
Law / MosesI have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryEither make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Matthew
GospelsIsrael hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
Joshua
HistoryHe that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John
Gospels / JohnFor I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.