So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
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I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
Ezra
HistorySo he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahPaul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Numbers
Law / MosesFor John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesCry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi.
Exodus
LawAnd the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
Genesis
LawThe LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThough I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?
Job
WisdomWhen the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
Luke
GospelsAnd he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.