For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
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And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers
LawCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job
WisdomThy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.
Acts
HistoryAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2 Kings
HistoryLet the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew
GospelsTo give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luke
GospelsWherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
2 Samuel
HistoryIt shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
1 John
General EpistlesThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John
Gospels / JohnAlso, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!