For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
Job
Wisdom / JobAsk of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psalms
PoetryAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
Psalms
PoetryThey also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms
PoetrySo I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.
Psalms
PoetryIt is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms
PoetryThen they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Leviticus
LawHave all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
2 Samuel
HistoryBecause he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
Acts
HistoryDead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.