And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelA prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs
WisdomHast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Job
Wisdom / JobWhereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawWilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
Job
WisdomBehold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMy son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away.
Matthew
GospelsAnd now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHowbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThis is the first and great commandment.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanCommand the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:
Numbers
LawThou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them.