For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
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And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
John
GospelsAnd the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
Matthew
GospelsAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
Mark
Gospels / MarkSolomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings
HistoryBut to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhen I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Job
Wisdom / JobThis is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Leviticus
Law / MosesIn those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2 Peter
General EpistlesCease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThen began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Judges
History / SamuelHearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis
LawMy son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.