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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And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNeither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Genesis
Law / MosesWe have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Acts
HistoryAnd these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.
Exodus
Law / MosesThus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIt is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAlso of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah
HistoryHe shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job
WisdomI am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelO LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
Ezra
History / EzraWhose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.