Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
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Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThat ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
Joshua
HistoryNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
Numbers
LawAnd he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Ezra
HistoryFor I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesRemove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
Proverbs
WisdomSo they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis
LawThe paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.
Job
Wisdom / JobSon of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
Genesis
LawPreserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeLet us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly.
1 Kings
HistoryTheir meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: