This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
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And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.
2 Kings
HistoryTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
WisdomAnd Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.
Ruth
HistoryThen contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2 Samuel
HistoryWherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?
2 Samuel
HistoryMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
John
GospelsThus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus
Law / MosesI sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
John
GospelsIf we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
Luke
GospelsThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.