The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
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And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsNo man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Luke
GospelsAnd when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
Acts
HistoryAnd the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built,
1 Kings
HistoryBut know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Numbers
LawWho had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
Mark
GospelsAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIn thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
Psalms
PoetryAnother parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWith all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.