For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Job
WisdomSo the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
2 Samuel
HistorySo he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
Luke
GospelsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
Joshua
History / JoshuaIn that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsTrust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOf the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThese are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
Numbers
LawI will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.