They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
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I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
Acts
History / LukeAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Ezra
History / EzraBalaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaTherefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShe maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
Genesis
LawLet no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesYet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis
LawOpen thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Psalms
PoetryFor how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Esther
HistoryAnd if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these?
2 Kings
HistoryAvenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Acts
HistoryThen the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
Psalms
PoetryThen went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,