Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers.
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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:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Proverbs
WisdomBefore him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsWhen he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
2 Kings
HistoryThen she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJob hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
Exodus
Law / MosesWherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaIt was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Luke
GospelsAnd the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD.
Joshua
HistoryPaul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Acts
HistoryShe riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.
Proverbs
WisdomThe children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.