And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
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My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus
LawAnd the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Joshua
HistoryFor as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThat through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Luke
GospelsFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Esther
HistoryAnd it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: