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And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
2 Kings
HistoryThen David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis
LawNot for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWith a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryMy dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
Solomon's Song
PoetryI will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Joshua
HistoryWhere they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
John
Gospels / JohnTherefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
Job
WisdomAnd from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Judges
HistoryAnd he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus
LawHis seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Psalms
PoetryAnd upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBe still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David enquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.