And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
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A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
Numbers
Law / MosesArise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnTherefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosWhen Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Mark
GospelsAnd so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John
General EpistlesThe king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
1 Kings
HistorySo the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
Luke
GospelsBehold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
Exodus
LawThen came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
Luke
GospelsHe made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
2 Chronicles
HistorySpikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Solomon's Song
PoetryThen the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
Matthew
GospelsAnd went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
John
GospelsThen began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
Exodus
LawThey search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.