But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
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For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife;
Deuteronomy
LawThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
Mark
GospelsI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:)
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Nehemiah
HistoryMoreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
Deuteronomy
LawAs soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
John
Gospels / JohnThen it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
Judges
History / SamuelBut the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder:
Mark
GospelsBut Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNow the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.