Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Numbers
Law / MosesOf Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
Exodus
LawHe shall not return into the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsNevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersKnowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?
Job
WisdomFor nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
1 Chronicles
HistoryShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
Numbers
LawBut the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:
Leviticus
LawAnd the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles
HistoryRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha,
Nehemiah
HistoryI would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Job
Wisdom / JobIn stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWoe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsI will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.