That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
2 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
Exodus
LawAnd in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
Acts
HistoryFor yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesVaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Ezra
HistoryNow therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
Job
Wisdom / JobWill the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
Psalms
PoetryGive ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsHe shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Ezra
HistoryAnd Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
Ruth
History / SamuelOn the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
Numbers
LawFor he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAdina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart.
Deuteronomy
LawThe children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.