And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
Acts
HistoryThere shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
Exodus
LawAnd when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job
WisdomMany will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke
GospelsFor the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
Judges
HistoryAnd say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Numbers
LawOf judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
John
Gospels / JohnFor they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
1 Kings
HistoryThen Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
Acts
History / LukeFor before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTake ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mark
GospelsAsshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.