Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah,
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Acts
History / LukeMy soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Acts
HistoryHow goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
Numbers
Law / MosesThen said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
John
GospelsHe loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers
Law / MosesRemember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:
Hebrews
General EpistlesIf thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
Leviticus
LawYe hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThat they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWho have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?