For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis
LawHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
Judges
HistoryAnd the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
1 Chronicles
HistoryHeap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mark
GospelsAnd they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people.
Acts
HistoryThe way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahMoreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRemember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.