To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
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And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhile he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
Matthew
GospelsJesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John
GospelsMoab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
Psalms
PoetryThen the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Acts
HistoryFor your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Revelation
ApocalypticTimotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
Psalms
PoetryMaster, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
1 Samuel
HistoryBehold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
1 Kings
HistoryThen shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWith whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them;
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.