Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me;
Deuteronomy
LawThen the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Psalms
PoetryBut he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter.
Ruth
History / SamuelBut David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Mark
GospelsThou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahMoreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
Ezra
History / EzraTherefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Ezra
HistoryCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job
WisdomIs not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsTherefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings
HistoryBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke
GospelsThen shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.