And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAhaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryThou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Job
WisdomTo whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
Genesis
LawIn the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTherefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
Genesis
LawThen said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAll unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1 John
General EpistlesFor 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 / JobIn the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD:
Numbers
Law / MosesTurn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAlso take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.
Exodus
Law / MosesHear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.