And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
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And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings
HistoryThen said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
Genesis
LawFill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThere is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.
Genesis
Law / MosesSihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
1 Kings
HistorySeventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielHim that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
John
Gospels / JohnHis own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
1 Samuel
HistorySave only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHim that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.