But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Acts
HistoryAnd there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMeekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawNow Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
John
GospelsWhich holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Joshua
History / JoshuaTo deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms
PoetryI know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
Job
WisdomHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYe have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSalute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhich things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesNow the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.