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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His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryTherefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBefore I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Job
WisdomInsomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
Numbers
LawThat the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
2 Kings
HistoryThy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Job
Wisdom / JobKeeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exodus
LawAnd they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
Genesis
LawEven men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPraise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.