Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the LORD.
Exodus
LawHe said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
1 Kings
HistoryMy father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.
Judges
History / SamuelI will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalms
PoetrySo Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
2 Kings
HistoryBehold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Numbers
LawAnd now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Exodus
Law / MosesAs a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFrom thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraA man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy
LawBut Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
Numbers
LawFor this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name.