But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation
ApocalypticAt this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
James
General EpistlesAnd David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelOn the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMoreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLet us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Solomon's Song
PoetryA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThe LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAll ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBlessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJudge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnA good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonRemember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSon of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.