Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
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And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraCircumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Matthew
GospelsAnd Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Numbers
Law / MosesBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryBut if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBe it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Ezra
History / EzraTo deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
Proverbs
WisdomAgain, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
Matthew
GospelsCome, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Mark
GospelsBut let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHave the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?
Job
WisdomFor if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBlessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
Leviticus
LawThou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Exodus
LawI will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.