But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
Acts
HistoryAnd he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnElias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
James
General EpistlesAnd the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnWhereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBeautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Psalms
PoetryIf thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFor these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Genesis
LawO LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: