Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
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Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTheir horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
Genesis
LawBeloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
3 John
General EpistlesAnd the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Acts
HistoryOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahNay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Matthew
GospelsSo the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
Judges
HistoryLet a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesWoe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
Jude
General EpistlesFor if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: