But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
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He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Job
WisdomAnd the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)
Job
WisdomIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job
WisdomAnd she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.
Judges
HistoryAnd the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
Mark
GospelsCome, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsNebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
Genesis
Law / MosesSeven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
Acts
HistoryAnd thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD.