And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThese were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.
Joshua
HistoryFor the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulEphraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaOf a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
Luke
GospelsBut they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHaving the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Acts
HistoryAs unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
1 Samuel
HistoryHave ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsKnow ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonHe turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut 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 EpistlesFor this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.