But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs
WisdomHe that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd threescore and one thousand asses,
Numbers
Law / MosesFor the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAccording to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
2 Samuel
HistoryIf we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
Judges
HistoryI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job
WisdomAnd the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMake a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis
Law / MosesNor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanJesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewUpon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Job
WisdomAnd Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWho had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Esther
History / MordecaiWhich devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
Luke
GospelsAnd as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.