For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
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I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIf we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSay not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
Mark
GospelsIf there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesOnly with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNot as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBut let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNotwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1 John
General EpistlesFor yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
Matthew
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
Judges
History / SamuelThou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
Exodus
Law / MosesLet Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.