This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
1 Samuel
HistoryIn the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Matthew
GospelsThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis
LawIf I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Job
Wisdom / JobAll that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis
LawAnd I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Deuteronomy
LawMine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTo hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsDivers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesGive a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.