For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.
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But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
John
GospelsAnd when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
Matthew
GospelsJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred.
2 Chronicles
HistoryGather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Exodus
LawI have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
Luke
GospelsAnd they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
Numbers
LawWho, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Matthew
GospelsShould it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job
WisdomAnd Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
Genesis
LawIt is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?