Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
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So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings
History(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
Luke
GospelsAnd foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Nehemiah
HistoryAs for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Luke
GospelsCut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Numbers
LawThen will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work.
1 Kings
HistoryFor the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
LawWho redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
Psalms
PoetryNeither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
Psalms
PoetryThen Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Matthew
GospelsTherefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBoth thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Mark
Gospels / MarkIn the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.