Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
LawKeep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation
ApocalypticBut they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Matthew
GospelsBe not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
Joel
Minor ProphetsBehold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Job
WisdomAnd the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
Genesis
LawIt is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
Proverbs
WisdomFor they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIs any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThis is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead.
Judges
HistoryAnd he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
Numbers
Law / MosesBecause they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.