And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahDefile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel
HistoryO God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms
PoetryWhen God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Psalms
PoetryFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel
HistoryNow therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Exodus
LawBut Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar.
Acts
History / LukeBecause thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsTherefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGod layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job
WisdomAnd the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen the Jews took up stones again to stone him.