The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.
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I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAshkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelThen Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNo lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSaying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Matthew
GospelsAnd, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name.
1 Kings
HistoryAt that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomTake heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
John
Gospels / JohnWe are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.
Acts
History / LukeBut as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile: