But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBe thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIs the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiI know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
John
GospelsBut thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonFor the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
Psalms
PoetryBut I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIf this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
John
GospelsThen said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
GospelsThen will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs before him:
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Exodus
Law / MosesThou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.
Genesis
Law / MosesDoth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?