And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
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Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Exodus
LawAlso in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBe ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job
WisdomIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
Luke
Gospels / LukeOh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;
Job
WisdomI have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSon of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
Job
WisdomNow therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIthai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryIf ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job
WisdomAnd Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSo Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNot for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWith my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Acts
History / LukeRemember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBehold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.