And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
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And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNone of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis
LawNow therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Numbers
Law / MosesThou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Exodus
Law / MosesI will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryBefore your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
Psalms
PoetryFor I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesFree among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
LawWhen the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
Mark
GospelsHe that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYe shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThey gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
Judges
History / SamuelBe merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.