For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
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So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSuffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAs a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTheir sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms
PoetryDan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.
Judges
HistoryAnd he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Esther
HistoryAnd when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
Acts
HistoryYet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,
Acts
History / LukeAnd the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
Judges
History / SamuelHe goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBecause of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryFor this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
2 Chronicles
HistoryWoe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Judges
History / SamuelTo such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.