To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.
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And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.
Exodus
LawA righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job
WisdomSo thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already.
Exodus
LawBut oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job
WisdomUnto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms
PoetryThe Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Exodus
LawSo the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
Matthew
GospelsHearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
Acts
History / LukeAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawThey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Job
Wisdom / JobThese were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
Numbers
LawFor afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;