But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?
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I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsLet not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
Deuteronomy
LawThen said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownFear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
John
Gospels / JohnHe hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
2 Chronicles
HistorySo I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
Mark
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
Exodus
LawI am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Matthew
GospelsFor when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGo up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.