Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.
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Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms
PoetryThe words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraRemember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Deuteronomy
LawA good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
Ruth
HistoryNow the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMany of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John
GospelsAnd fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
Acts
HistoryAnd it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me to day that he will not slay his servant with the sword.
1 Kings
HistoryThat word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts
History / LukeAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:
Acts
HistorySet ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsCharity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill.