Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelTake heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSurely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job
WisdomFor thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOr else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall.
1 Kings
HistoryThe LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryThe same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
1 Kings
HistoryFor the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Genesis
LawWherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.
Judges
HistoryAnd Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
Acts
History / LukeTherefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.
Job
WisdomThese things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
Numbers
LawNow when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.