Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
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And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
Genesis
LawThen thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Acts
History / LukeAnd they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
Genesis
LawMake a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
Genesis
LawFor he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
Matthew
GospelsFor before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John
GospelsFor they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah
HistoryGive ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMoreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Ezra
History / EzraThen I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.