He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
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He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew
GospelsLo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAll the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShe is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs
WisdomWho is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMoreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
Nehemiah
HistoryThen Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomThe children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two.
Ezra
HistoryVerily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Exodus
LawThere the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job
WisdomAnd David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
Luke
GospelsThen answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
Acts
HistoryNevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawAnd now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.
Numbers
Law / MosesLORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.