But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
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How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThe Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Mark
GospelsThey cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
Psalms
PoetrySaying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Luke
GospelsRemember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahI go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis
LawYet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSaying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
John
GospelsBut if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahDavid said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
John
GospelsThe owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus
LawFor as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Joshua
History / JoshuaPreserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsUntil I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAwake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.