Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
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Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou?
Joshua
HistoryAnd they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
Acts
HistoryAnd the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand.
Acts
HistoryAnd Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesElect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
1 Peter
General EpistlesNevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers
LawWhereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiBut in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
Exodus
LawDid 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
Wisdom / JobAnd Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
Acts
HistoryTwo are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.