Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
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And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.
Job
WisdomAnd he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves.
Exodus
LawWhile ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
John
GospelsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam,
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
Acts
HistoryCretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis
LawGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThis is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
2 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahKeep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahLet his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryAnd the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod.
1 Samuel
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
Judges
HistoryTherefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.