They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs
WisdomOtherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahA continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
Proverbs
WisdomThe prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDoth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Leviticus
LawEye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus
LawMoreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings
HistoryI will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
Job
Wisdom / JobWho coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesEven the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAll these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.