For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.
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To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
1 Samuel
HistoryThou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me.
Exodus
Law / MosesReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSpeak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
Leviticus
LawAnd Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Acts
History / LukeThus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewRemember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
Luke
GospelsAnd the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThat the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAs also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Acts
HistoryAnd the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings
HistoryLikewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAfter it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
Job
WisdomAnd when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Acts
HistoryNow therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,
Genesis
Law / MosesI said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: