And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger:
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But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Luke
Gospels / LukeUpon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIf thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke
GospelsThe tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
Luke
GospelsHe that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesAll his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd in the candlestick shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers.
Exodus
Law / MosesDavid therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis
LawAnd the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.