But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Genesis
Law / MosesChrist hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesYe mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHave ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAll the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Psalms
PoetryThey are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job
Wisdom / JobThough the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Job
WisdomTheir children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBehold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
Job
WisdomAnd the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTheir wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.
Genesis
Law / MosesIn that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Daniel
Major ProphetsIf we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John
General EpistlesYe shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulOf the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.