I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times.
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And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis
LawBlessed 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:
Ezra
HistoryAnd Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd 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
Law / MosesThou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
1 Chronicles
HistoryWisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings
HistoryThe prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Psalms
PoetryWhen that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryWho can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John
GospelsThe ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAfter he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Daniel
Major ProphetsSay not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
John
Gospels / JohnNot in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: