And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot.
2 Kings
HistoryThese ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Matthew
GospelsAnd put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Numbers
LawFor thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
Job
WisdomWhich made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy
LawBelieve me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
John
GospelsAnd of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
1 Samuel
HistoryShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGive not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Proverbs
WisdomThis he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
Psalms
PoetryAnd now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms
PoetryThen again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.