But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.
Joshua
History / JoshuaTheir eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesJesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
John
GospelsBut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobCommit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis
LawAnd Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens.
Exodus
Law / MosesMake the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
Leviticus
Law / MosesNeither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnForget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.