For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGive not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
2 Samuel
HistoryYe shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAt that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
John
GospelsHis glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
Psalms
PoetryWhy criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.