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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Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThe steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCanst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels;
Genesis
Law / MosesIf thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkIn whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAll ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNeither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Acts
History / LukeAnd when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewDo ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWatch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew
GospelsAnd prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
2 Kings
HistoryEye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus
LawAnd the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Joshua
HistoryAll these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
1 Kings
HistoryThis do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Numbers
Law / MosesDeliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.