Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
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For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLet the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSaying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David.
Matthew
GospelsNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
John
Gospels / JohnBut he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
John
GospelsWhich were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
Job
WisdomI am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Job
Wisdom / JobFrom the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.
Psalms
PoetryFor he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Exodus
LawThink not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Matthew
GospelsI said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
Numbers
LawAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
2 Samuel
HistoryHow long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
Acts
HistoryThen they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
Psalms
PoetryA man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.