And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
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Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBlow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsShe is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
Luke
Gospels / LukeA time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Mark
GospelsTherefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
Mark
GospelsYea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWomen received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exodus
LawFor he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.