And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
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And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Luke
GospelsThen Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Numbers
LawThou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
Psalms
PoetryAnd in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther
HistoryAnd the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.
Exodus
LawNevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs
WisdomI cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.