And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
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There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Luke
GospelsAnd the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhat manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John
Gospels / JohnFor there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
Psalms
PoetryBut when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Matthew
GospelsAnd this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
2 John
General EpistlesAnd the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Exodus
LawAnd I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThey spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThey have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.