But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
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But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWho have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAfter him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah
HistoryNor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawWhich things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhile I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Exodus
LawGlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAgainst him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Judges
HistoryAnd if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew
GospelsAnd I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd this will we do, if God permit.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielI know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.