And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
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For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
WisdomThen they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1 Kings
HistoryWoe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersVerily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Exodus
LawThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAre they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in.
Genesis
LawBut the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonGo up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Genesis
Law / MosesTeach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielTwo women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew
GospelsHow long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.