As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
Job
WisdomJohn answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThis also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.
Numbers
Law / MosesBe kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
2 Samuel
HistorySurely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Psalms
PoetryNow all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
Numbers
LawFor my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.