For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAt that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAlso the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
Acts
History / LukeWhere the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBeasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
Psalms
PoetrySurely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
Psalms
PoetryBut and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Psalms
PoetryPrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
WisdomIn the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years.
2 Kings
HistoryMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThey spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownOr else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.