The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
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Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
Ezra
HistoryAnd if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Leviticus
Law / MosesServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvery valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
Leviticus
LawAnd if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTherefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsStrength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHowbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.
2 Chronicles
HistorySee now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Deuteronomy
LawThey say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
John
GospelsBut we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews
General EpistlesBlessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
Exodus
LawThou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYe shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.