A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
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Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
WisdomThen Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Genesis
LawAnd I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus
LawBecause he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel
HistoryPrepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel
HistoryO LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.
Genesis
LawTherefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Hosea
Minor ProphetsIt is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesYet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.
Psalms
PoetryThat ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Luke
GospelsThe LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
Ruth
History / SamuelThe high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.