A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
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The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra
HistoryAnd their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOffer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPraise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryBut the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther
History / MordecaiHe shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahPaul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
Ezra
History / EzraBut thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.