For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
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Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
Acts
HistoryAnd every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
Acts
HistoryI know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
John
Gospels / JohnThen there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
Exodus
LawIn a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsUpon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
1 Chronicles
HistorySo this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryThus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Ezra
History / EzraThe words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahMoreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
Acts
History / Luke(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.