For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelNow while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
Acts
HistoryTherefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
2 Kings
HistoryTheir tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
Job
WisdomAnd they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
LawTheir feet are swift to shed blood:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesUpon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying,
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Acts
HistoryHe that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWoe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsMoreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his.
Numbers
Law / MosesThou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job
WisdomWho, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.