And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
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Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalms
PoetryYe shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThen they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
Ezra
HistorySo Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahOf the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
Ezra
HistoryAnd from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
Genesis
LawWhich have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Genesis
LawMy transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
John
GospelsThen answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
Job
WisdomIt is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.