For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
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And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis
Law / MosesOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Job
WisdomPreserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHo, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.
Job
WisdomWithout me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Exodus
Law / MosesSubmit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahO Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Mark
GospelsThus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesWoe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBecause the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesDavid therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Mark
GospelsNeither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.