And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
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Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThen were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri.
1 Kings
HistoryThen I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Genesis
LawSpeak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
Numbers
LawThe fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Genesis
Law / MosesThe sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Exodus
LawAnd they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNeither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
John
GospelsHe brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Acts
History / LukeBecause of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said.