But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahCommand Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus
LawThere is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahHow do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahRemember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
2 Kings
HistoryHow he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
PoetryAgain, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
Genesis
LawBut because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
John
GospelsWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalms
PoetryAnd, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.