To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
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He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther
History / MordecaiLet all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAfter they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Psalms
PoetryWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.
Genesis
LawAnd Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTherefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Exodus
LawBut if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
Daniel
Major ProphetsJerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBehold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
Psalms
PoetryThen the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.
John
GospelsAnd I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
Exodus
Law / MosesHell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonUntil the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD'S servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
Joshua
HistoryAnd also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThis is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.