But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThat they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.
Numbers
LawSo the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahFor there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThey did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation
ApocalypticThough a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
Matthew
GospelsFurthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesDid I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?
Job
WisdomThe slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs
WisdomHe keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.