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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And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Exodus
Law / MosesA fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
Numbers
LawFor they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John
Gospels / JohnHow much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel
HistoryBut overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAt Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThe LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
Psalms
PoetryThe words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMy glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Job
WisdomIf he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job
WisdomBlessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShe said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis
LawAnd Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Luke
GospelsAnd the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
Acts
HistoryForasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Hebrews
General EpistlesKeep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.