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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Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobSihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Joshua
HistoryAnd ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesUnto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Psalms
PoetryHe shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Job
WisdomBoth riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.
Numbers
Law / MosesFrom mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis
Law / MosesHaving therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus
LawThey shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahBut their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
Acts
HistoryThy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetrySo Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Exodus
Law / MosesNow when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Esther
HistoryConsider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.