For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job
WisdomTherefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryYet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Judges
HistoryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
HistoryDid not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
Luke
GospelsOr have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:
Leviticus
LawThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.
Job
WisdomLest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesJudah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Psalms
PoetryPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
Luke
Gospels / LukeMany are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.