Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
Matthew
GospelsWoe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThen Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
Genesis
LawNow there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valour; and there escaped not a man.
Judges
History / SamuelWherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
1 Peter
General EpistlesTo Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnDeclare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRemember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhich think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesManasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzi-bah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNeither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.