And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryA man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark
GospelsThe seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew
GospelsAnd it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey 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 ProphetsHe delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Matthew
GospelsFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
WisdomThou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus
LawAnd, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Psalms
PoetryAlso I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
1 Chronicles
HistoryNow when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
John
Gospels / JohnThen said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
1 Samuel
HistoryTherefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.