A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
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For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryOr let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIs this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur,
Joshua
HistoryThen Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Exodus
LawBut did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNo lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezra
History / EzraShall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles
HistoryIn the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
1 Kings
HistoryEastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.