But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryAnd the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Job
WisdomBehold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke
GospelsAnd David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
2 Samuel
HistoryBut thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMaking request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
1 Samuel
HistoryTherefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Mark
Gospels / MarkWherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
1 Peter
General EpistlesYet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesBehold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Numbers
Law / MosesNow thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:
Numbers
Law / MosesHath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?