They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.
Ezra
HistoryI will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms
PoetryNevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOf old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosNow therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahRebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
Daniel
Major ProphetsFor ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Numbers
LawTherefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryI call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;
Ezra
HistoryAnd it went out to the south side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa:
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsJesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.