For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things.
Daniel
Major ProphetsKnow ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesO Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
Daniel
Major ProphetsWill the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Job
WisdomShe bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis
LawAnd the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.
Ezra
History / EzraAs it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Mark
Gospels / MarkYe cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThey shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Acts
HistoryThy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee.
Deuteronomy
LawSeeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;