And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
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Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Samuel
HistoryLORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Mark
GospelsAnd they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Exodus
LawSo David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Nehemiah
HistoryHappy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLet favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNow therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Numbers
Law / MosesRemove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
Exodus
Law / MosesBefore the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.
Ruth
History / SamuelThere is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.