And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
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Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
Acts
HistoryIs any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James
General EpistlesEven to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWho smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOr darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1 Samuel
HistorySing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Psalms
PoetryThen was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
Matthew
GospelsFor there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThey kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;
Ezra
HistoryWhereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulYea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIn the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.
Acts
HistoryAnd all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
Exodus
LawAnd thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOf which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: