And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
Genesis
LawIn the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.
Numbers
LawHear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThough I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAll that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;
Exodus
LawThen she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahPersecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHow long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis
LawFor this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Deuteronomy
LawTake heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShould it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?