And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
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And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus
LawThus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEither how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Numbers
Law / MosesPraise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.
Judges
History / SamuelBut if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
1 Samuel
HistoryI neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.
Exodus
LawHe sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Numbers
Law / MosesMine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
Judges
HistoryNow there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.