And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
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And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
John
Gospels / JohnNow Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
2 Kings
HistoryWhen thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
Mark
GospelsAnd the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
Numbers
LawAnd Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThen answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielConsider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark
GospelsThe increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Job
WisdomThey angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
Psalms
PoetryAnd the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
Matthew
GospelsAnd Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.