For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
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Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWho passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
Psalms
PoetryHe shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Proverbs
WisdomSo when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.
Judges
History / SamuelKnowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
2 Peter
General EpistlesKnow now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
LawFor thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther
History / MordecaiThen shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTouching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Job
WisdomAnd the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTo make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.