And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Nehemiah
HistoryYe are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
John
GospelsAnd he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis
LawBut their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Numbers
Law / MosesI will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Psalms
PoetryThen they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Deuteronomy
LawThough he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John
Gospels / JohnBut in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Genesis
LawThus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
Solomon's Song
PoetryFor I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.