Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
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And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahArise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
Acts
HistoryAnd Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Mark
Gospels / MarkDid not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Job
Wisdom / JobI will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
Psalms
PoetryUriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth-el.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son:
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
Genesis
LawAnd they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraVerily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
Mark
GospelsAnd when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
2 Kings
HistoryHer gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Judges
History / SamuelLet the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;