For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms
PoetryBut when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy
LawFor the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
Genesis
LawAnd they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Numbers
Law / MosesThou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods.
Exodus
LawMy lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
Mark
GospelsAbiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThese are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
Deuteronomy
LawAlso, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job
Wisdom / JobFrom above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.