But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Luke
GospelsThen took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsBut let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesIf thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
Luke
GospelsWhich things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesHe that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis
Law / MosesBe of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Psalms
PoetryInsomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulO my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
Psalms
PoetryI sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord?