And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever:
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Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
Titus
Pauline EpistlesA froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAsk ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Matthew
GospelsFor the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTheir land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDo therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Job
WisdomRemember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.