I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.
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And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAll the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;
Genesis
Law / MosesThen they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
Matthew
GospelsAfter this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
LawI will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms
PoetryAre not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2 Kings
HistoryBecause they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luke
GospelsMoreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel
HistoryThat Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
Genesis
LawAgainst him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Joshua
HistoryOf the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus
LawAnd ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
Leviticus
LawSeeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Job
Wisdom / JobO LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him.