To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
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And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away.
Acts
History / LukeThen they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesWherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMany therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John
Gospels / JohnVerily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Mark
Gospels / MarkLet them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersA froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMake ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
Luke
Gospels / LukeJohn did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark
GospelsThou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThey bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.
Exodus
LawIf any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;