Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
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And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYe shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd at En-rimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahZion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Numbers
LawFor ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein.
Deuteronomy
LawThey looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
Ezra
History / EzraLet the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
Judges
HistoryFor where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
James
General EpistlesBehold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:
Genesis
Law / MosesSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.