Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
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For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulVerily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNeither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsButter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts
History / LukeWhile they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
Joshua
HistoryBecause thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukI am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBut the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
Proverbs
WisdomThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosMy defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.