Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.
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Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
Exodus
LawHis scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job
WisdomThen contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Genesis
LawThy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsSee, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers
LawTell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiNow therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNo man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.