Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
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If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her,
Deuteronomy
LawThe law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms
PoetryAnd have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
2 Kings
HistoryZaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Judges
HistoryAnd ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawAnd, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Numbers
Law / MosesSimon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
Luke
Gospels / LukeMany are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetrySo we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesSave when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Deuteronomy
LawAfter him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSpeaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;