But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
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But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus
LawGive wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
2 Kings
HistoryBut unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Acts
HistorySet thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThere shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Deuteronomy
LawAgain Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards.
Exodus
Law / MosesA fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThen she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
1 Kings
HistoryLooking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAs in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSeest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts
HistoryWe roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.