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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So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBurning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
Exodus
LawFor Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them.
1 Kings
HistoryWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy
LawUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonSo he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryThen I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahSo the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
John
Gospels / JohnWatch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mark
Gospels / MarkI speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesWho can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Psalms
PoetryAnd the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
Exodus
Law / MosesWhich were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.