Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
Psalms
PoetryA talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaShem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesSing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.
Ruth
HistoryI will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
Psalms
PoetryThe children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
Ezra
History / EzraI will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms
PoetryHe taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job
WisdomAnd therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.
Joshua
HistoryAnd all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
Genesis
LawFor even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.