Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
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One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
Matthew
GospelsI cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
Job
WisdomAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.
Acts
History / LukeThen hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
2 Chronicles
HistoryJesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThey have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 Chronicles
HistoryEven as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers
LawAnd he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.
Exodus
LawIf a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd 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?