And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
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He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiTruly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSee, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra
HistoryAnd this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
John
Gospels / JohnSo we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
2 Kings
HistoryJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
1 Kings
HistoryFor what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?
Job
Wisdom / JobThou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psalms
PoetryThey have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryWash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWho said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersManasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahJesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?