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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Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2 Peter
General EpistlesIf I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job
Wisdom / JobHave respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.
Mark
GospelsAnd the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
History / EzraSo will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
Luke
GospelsThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnOh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Psalms
PoetryEither three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraShe layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
Proverbs
WisdomIt is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)