But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
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So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Genesis
Law / MosesSeek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.
Psalms
PoetryYe who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIf an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
1 Samuel
HistoryHow are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsO LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBehold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms
PoetrySo Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
James
General EpistlesNext unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahMoreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
Leviticus
LawAnd the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.