Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
Esther
History / MordecaiEvery place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Joshua
HistoryThus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis
LawFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIt is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Judges
History / SamuelCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
WisdomYe have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light,
Exodus
Law / MosesAt the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Psalms
PoetryThen Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1 Samuel
HistoryElse what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThere is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.