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• Daniel 10Bible

  Daniel 10 is the chapter in which, in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel mourns and fasts for three weeks and then sees a vision of a man clothed in linen beside the river Hiddekel. It introduces the final vision, which continues through chapters 11–12.

• The Resurrection ChapterBible

  The Resurrection Chapter is a name for 1 Corinthians 15 in the New Testament. In this chapter Paul gives his most extensive treatment of the resurrection of Christ and the bodily resurrection of believers on the last day.

• Song of Solomon 8Bible

  The final chapter of the Song of Solomon, containing the woman's longing for her beloved, the confession that "love is strong as death," the account of the little sister and the vineyards, and a closing call to the beloved.

• Ecclesiastes 7Bible

  Ecclesiastes 7 is a chapter of 29 verses. It opens with a series of "better than" wisdom sayings and goes on to address the reversed fortunes of the righteous and the wicked and the limits of a wisdom that can never be fully grasped.

• Ruth 4Bible

  The final chapter of the Book of Ruth, in which Boaz acquires the right of redemption at the gate of Bethlehem and takes Ruth as his wife. Their son Obed, the grandfather of David, is born, and the chapter closes with a genealogy from Perez to David.

• Ezra 2Bible

  Ezra 2 is the list of those who first returned from the Babylonian exile to Jerusalem and Judah. It records the number of returnees by family, town, and office, gives the overall total, and notes the offerings given for rebuilding the temple.

• Lamentations 1Bible

  Lamentations 1 is a lament that portrays fallen Jerusalem as a widow left alone and mourns her devastation. Its 22 verses follow the order of the Hebrew alphabet, and the chapter confesses that the suffering came because of the people's sin.

• Job 31Bible

  Job 31 concludes Job's final defense. Job takes up lust, deceit, mistreatment of servants, neglect of the poor, trust in wealth, and idolatry one by one, swearing that if he had done any of them he would deserve punishment. In this way he asserts his innocence and demands an answer from God.

• Jeremiah 43Bible

  Jeremiah 43 records how Johanan and the remnant of Judah rejected Jeremiah's warning as false and went down to Tahpanhes in Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them. There Jeremiah buried large stones as a symbolic act, prophesying that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would invade Egypt.

• Matthew 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It records a genealogy from Abraham to Jesus arranged in three periods of fourteen generations each and, focusing on Joseph, recounts how Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit and how Jesus came to be born.

• Deuteronomy 34Bible

  Deuteronomy 34 is the final chapter of Deuteronomy. In it Moses views the Promised Land from Mount Nebo, dies in the land of Moab at the age of 120, and is succeeded by Joshua.

• Proverbs 15Bible

  Proverbs 15 is a chapter of thirty-three short sayings within the collection of the proverbs of Solomon. Through contrasts between the two halves of each verse, it teaches about gentle and timely speech, a teachable response to instruction, and a life lived in the fear of the LORD.

• Jeremiah 39Bible

  Jeremiah 39 records the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian army, the capture of King Zedekiah, the release of Jeremiah, and the promise of deliverance given to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian.

• Ezekiel 48Bible

  Ezekiel 48 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. It divides the restored land among the twelve tribes of Israel in long east-west strips, places the sanctuary and the city in their midst, and closes with the promise that the city will be named "Jehovah-shammah" ("The LORD is there").

• Isaiah 57Bible

  Isaiah 57 is a prophetic chapter that denounces a situation in which no one takes to heart the death of the righteous and indicts idolatry, then conveys God's promise to dwell with the contrite and to heal them.

• Zechariah 14Bible

  Zechariah 14 is the final chapter of the Book of Zechariah. On the Day of the LORD the nations attack Jerusalem, but the LORD stands on the Mount of Olives, fights against them, and becomes king over all the earth. The surviving nations go up year after year to keep the Feast of Tabernacles, and the chapter portrays a time when everything becomes holy.

• John 8:12Bible Verses

  John 8:12 is the verse in which Jesus, speaking at the Jerusalem temple around the time of the Feast of Tabernacles, declares himself "the light of the world" and promises "the light of life" to those who follow him. It is one of the "I am" sayings in the Gospel of John and is frequently cited in discussions of who Jesus is and of the life of discipleship.

• Job 28:28Bible Verses

  Job 28:28 is the final verse of the "Hymn to Wisdom" in Job 28. It declares that God makes known to humanity the wisdom that people cannot find for themselves, identifying it as "the fear of the Lord" and "to depart from evil." It is frequently cited alongside the wisdom motto of Proverbs.

• Lamentations 3:22–23Bible Verses

  Lamentations 3:22–23 is a confession that the LORD's mercies and compassions never fail, that they are new every morning, and that His faithfulness is great. A song of hope that arises from the ruins of Jerusalem's destruction, the passage is also well known as the basis of the hymn "Great Is Thy Faithfulness."

• Job 1:6Bible Verses

  Job 1:6 opens the heavenly scene at the beginning of the Book of Job, relating that Satan came before the LORD along with the sons of God. It sets the stage for Job's suffering and is frequently cited in discussions of Satan's identity and God's sovereignty.