This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
1 Kings
HistoryWhich thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
Mark
GospelsAnd he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
Mark
GospelsAnd David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIsrael hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:
Numbers
Law / MosesFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
John
Gospels / JohnHe teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThere is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownMoreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Acts
HistoryHold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.
Joel
Minor ProphetsFor they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.