For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesOr hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that.
Exodus
LawFor thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
Psalms
PoetryFor where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Hebrews
General EpistlesTherefore they enquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelDo we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luke
GospelsAnd ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAre they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Abraham said, I will swear.
Genesis
Law / MosesEvery branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
John
GospelsTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
HistoryAnd Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.