For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,
Nehemiah
HistoryBut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIf I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Judges
History / SamuelThen he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMan goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
Psalms
PoetryWhat prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Genesis
LawThen said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
2 Kings
HistoryIt is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAt thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
Psalms
PoetryYe hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
Luke
GospelsAnd Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSo they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAlso some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.