For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
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As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
2 Samuel
HistoryHast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
Mark
GospelsAn evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
Esther
HistoryBecause the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThere is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
GospelsOr hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBecause he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraVerily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
Mark
GospelsAnd it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.