And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
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But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Psalms
PoetryThen Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHowbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHowl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFrom whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
James
General Epistles / JamesOr how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Matthew
GospelsAfter all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahA wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew
GospelsSo when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
Acts
History / LukeWhose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
Genesis
LawAnd when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts
HistoryAnd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Genesis
Law / MosesHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesAlso of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?