But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetrySo Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
2 Kings
HistoryDivers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonPeter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
John
Gospels / JohnThus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBelievest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
John
GospelsKnow that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhen therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah:
Joshua
HistoryThe vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsFor he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
Luke
GospelsAnd it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTo whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?