The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
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Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
John
Gospels / JohnManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahOf Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Job
Wisdom / JobOf this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
Acts
HistoryO remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
Acts
HistoryTo deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulDavid therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
PoetryAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers
Law / MosesO thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.