For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
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And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaOnly the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAccording to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Ezra
HistoryHe shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
Deuteronomy
LawAll my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.
Job
WisdomO LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Job
WisdomSixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawIf ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
1 John
General EpistlesWherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Acts
HistoryWhere are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahShe dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
Judges
HistoryShuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Nehemiah
HistorySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
Leviticus
LawAnd it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWoe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.