The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
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The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Exodus
LawI will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBe ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
Numbers
LawHe brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSurely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job
WisdomThese two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
Judges
HistoryEven the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke
GospelsIf we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Ezra
History / EzraA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
John
Gospels / JohnIf his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;
Job
WisdomNow at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielIn this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.
Exodus
Law / MosesDeclare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah,
Ezra
History / EzraThen I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges
HistoryThou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?