Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
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I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsHow shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTeach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
1 Samuel
HistoryThese are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
Exodus
LawSay among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD.
2 Samuel
HistoryThere is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs
WisdomI sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis
LawI am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Job
WisdomO LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsHe shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
1 Kings
HistoryThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
WisdomAnd I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Matthew
GospelsIsh-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWho is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.