Of A House

• Sarah
• Beauty
• Call

Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out Of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make Of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families Of the earth be blessed. So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out Of Haran. read more And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land Of Canaan; and into the land Of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place Of Sichem, unto the plain Of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east Of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name Of the LORD. And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because Of thee. And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. The princes also Of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because Of Sarai Abram's wife. And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. show less

The LORD God Of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land Of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.

And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son Of my kindred, and Of my father's house:

Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house Of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence Of the daughters Of Laban thy mother's brother.

• Jacob
• Liberality

And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and Of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house Of his master the Egyptian.

• Hebrew

That she called unto the men Of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:

So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord Of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land Of Egypt.

And there went a man Of the house Of Levi, and took to wife a daughter Of Levi.

And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm Of flies into the house Of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land Of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason Of the swarm Of flies.

• Church

Speak ye unto all the congregation Of Israel, saying, In the tenth day Of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house Of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

And ye shall take a bunch Of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none Of you shall go out at the door Of his house until the morning.

In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought Of the flesh abroad out Of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out Of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

The first Of the firstfruits Of thy land thou shalt bring into the house Of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

The first Of the firstfruits Of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house Of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.

When ye be come into the land Of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague Of leprosy in a house Of the land Of your possession;

And for the leprosy Of a garment, and Of a house,

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be Of the house Of Israel, or Of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat Of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children Of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be Of the house Of Israel, or Of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering;

And if it be not redeemed within the space Of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubile.

And if a man purchase Of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city Of his possession, shall go out in the year Of jubile: for the houses Of the cities Of the Levites are their possession among the children Of Israel.

And with you there shall be a man Of every tribe; every one head Of the house Of his fathers.

Number the children Of Levi after the house Of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.

• Government

Speak unto the children Of Israel, and take Of every one Of them a rod according to the house Of their fathers, Of all their princes according to the house Of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod.

• Offerings
• Priest

And this is thine; the heave offering Of their gift, with all the wave offerings Of the children Of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat Of it.

Now the name Of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son Of Salu, a prince Of a chief house among the Simeonites.

And the name Of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter Of Zur; he was head over a people, and Of a chief house in Midian.

But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out Of the house Of bondmen, from the hand Of Pharaoh king Of Egypt.

And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten Of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat Of it.

And she shall put the raiment Of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.

• Abomination

Thou shalt not bring the hire Of a whore, or the price Of a dog, into the house Of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill Of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out Of his house.

And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill Of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out Of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

And Joshua spake unto the house Of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:

And with him ten princes, Of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes Of Israel; and each one was an head Of the house Of their fathers among the thousands Of Israel.

That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children Of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God Of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out Of the house Of bondage;

• Strife

And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son Of a strange woman.

Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth Of the doors Of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children Of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels Of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house Of Micah.

And the man departed out Of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house Of Micah, as he journeyed.

And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house Of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

And when they were a good way from the house Of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children Of Dan.

And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple Of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father Of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.

• Inhospitableness

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street Of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging.

And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts Of Israel.

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah Of flour, and a bottle Of wine, and brought him unto the house Of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

And there came a man Of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house Of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece Of silver and a morsel Of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one Of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece Of bread.

Then Samuel told the people the manner Of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

• Saul
• Insanity

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst Of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.

• Jonathan
• Constancy
• Covenant

So Jonathan made a covenant with the house Of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand Of David's enemies.

Now the name Of the man was Nabal; and the name Of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman Of good understanding, and Of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was Of the house Of Caleb.

• David
• Obedience

I pray thee, forgive the trespass Of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles Of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.

• Nabal
• Drunkenness
• Nabal

And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast Of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Then was Abner very wroth for the words Of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house Of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand Of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?

Let it rest on the head Of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house Of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.

And the sons Of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat Of the day to the house Of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood Of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

And they set the ark Of God upon a new cart, and brought it out Of the house Of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons Of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

• Cakes
• Bread
• Meat

And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude Of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake Of bread, and a good piece Of flesh, and a flagon Of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children Of Israel out Of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

• Temple

In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children Of Israel spake I a word with any Of the tribes Of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house Of cedar?

And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also Of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner Of man, O Lord GOD?

And there was Of the house Of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he.

• Mephibosheth
• Orphan

And the king said, Is there not yet any Of the house Of Saul, that I may shew the kindness Of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet.

And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house Of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

• Bath-sheba
• Beauty
• House

And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof Of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon.

And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out Of the king's house, and there followed him a mess Of meat from the king.

• Blasphemy
• Shimei
• Imprecation

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man Of the family Of the house Of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son Of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood Of the house Of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand Of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.

• Absalom
• Adultery
• House

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top Of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight Of all Israel.

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both Of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

And there were a thousand men Of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant Of the house Of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.

• Famine

Then there was a famine in the days Of David three years, year after year; and David inquired Of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.

And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered Of a child with her in the house.

So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains Of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.

• Temple

And the great court round about was with three rows Of hewed stones, and a row Of cedar beams, both for the inner court Of the house Of the LORD, and for the porch Of the house.

And Solomon offered a sacrifice Of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children Of Israel dedicated the house Of the LORD.

Then will I cut off Israel out Of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out Of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

• Jeroboam
• Industry

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man Of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge Of the house Of Joseph.

• Prophecy

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.

• Deception

He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word Of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.

Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house Of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant Of the house Of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.

• Government

Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house Of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now.

And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house Of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither Of his kinsfolks, nor Of his friends.

And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden Of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth Of it in money.

And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot Of oil.

• Homicide

But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son Of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound Of his master's feet behind him?

• Temple

And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers Of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house Of Baal; and the house Of Baal was full from one end to another.

• Temple

And they brake down the image Of Baal, and brake down the house Of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day.

And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house Of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath Of them in the house Of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.

And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; a third part Of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers Of the watch Of the king's house;

And a third part shall be at the gate Of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch Of the house, that it be not broken down.

But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid Of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house Of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house Of the LORD.

• Assassination
• Conspiracy

And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house Of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.

• Azariah
• Leprosy
• Sanitation

And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day Of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people Of the land.

• Pekah
• Citizens
• Rulers

But Pekah the son Of Remaliah, a captain Of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace Of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men Of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room.

And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house Of the LORD, and in the treasures Of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king Of Assyria.

For he rent Israel from the house Of David; and they made Jeroboam the son Of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.

• Temple

And he set a graven image Of the grove that he had made in the house, Of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out Of all tribes Of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line Of Samaria, and the plummet Of the house Of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down.

• Priests

And their brethren, heads Of the house Of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work Of the service Of the house Of God.

And Zadok, a young man mighty Of valour, and Of his father's house twenty and two captains.

And they carried the ark Of God in a new cart out Of the house Of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any Of the judges Of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house Of cedars?

And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken Of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate Of a man Of high degree, O LORD God.

Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD Of hosts is the God Of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house Of David thy servant be established before thee.

Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house Of the LORD an hundred thousand talents Of gold, and a thousand thousand talents Of silver; and Of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.

• Temple

But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man Of war, and hast shed blood.

• Thankfulness

Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God Of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom.

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments Of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house Of the LORD;

But I have built an house Of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

Since the day that I brought forth my people out Of the land Of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes Of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not Of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

And king Solomon offered a sacrifice Of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house Of God.

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out Of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out Of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

• Anger
• Hanani
• Persecution

Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because Of this thing. And Asa oppressed some Of the people the same time.

Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house Of David, because Of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.

• Rulers

But hast walked in the way Of the kings Of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants Of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms Of the house Of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren Of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:

And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest Of his sons.

• Government

And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house Of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said Of the sons Of David.

• Temple

And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate Of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts Of the house Of the LORD.

And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate Of the house Of the LORD.

• Anger

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house Of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

• Sanitation

And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day Of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house Of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people Of the land.

• King

And Zichri, a mighty man Of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor Of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.

• Alliances

For Ahaz took away a portion out Of the house Of the LORD, and out Of the house Of the king, and Of the princes, and gave it unto the king Of Assyria: but he helped him not.

Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house Of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were Of a free heart burnt offerings.

And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house Of God, Of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes Of Israel, will I put my name for ever:

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house Of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book Of the law Of the LORD given by Moses.

• Holy
• Ark

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son Of David king Of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation Of the house Of the LORD was laid.

But many Of the priests and Levites and chief Of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation Of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

• Courage

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants Of the God Of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king Of Israel builded and set up.

But in the first year Of Cyrus the king Of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house Of God.

Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made Of Cyrus the king to build this house Of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house Of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

• House
• Cyrus
• Liberality

In the first year Of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house Of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

With three rows Of great stones, and a row Of new timber: and let the expences be given out Of the king's house:

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders Of these Jews for the building Of this house Of God: that Of the king's goods, even Of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house Of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

And offered at the dedication Of this house Of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number Of the tribes Of Israel.

• Heart

Blessed be the LORD God Of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house Of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight Of the kings Of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house Of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

• Prayer

Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house Of God, there assembled unto him out Of Israel a very great congregation Of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

And a letter unto Asaph the keeper Of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates Of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall Of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand Of my God upon me.

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part Of a shekel for the service Of the house Of our God;

And I came to Jerusalem, and understood Of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts Of the house Of God.

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners Of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

• Love

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been Of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece Of money, and every one an earring Of gold.

{a Psalm and Song at the dedication Of the house Of David.} I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house Of God, with the voice Of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, a Psalm Of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house Of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness Of God endureth continually.

• Righteous

But I am like a green olive tree in the house Of God: I trust in the mercy Of God for ever and ever.

Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD Of hosts, my King, and my God.

For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house Of my God, than to dwell in the tents Of wickedness.

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother Of children. Praise ye the LORD.

• Egyptian
• Language

When Israel went out Of Egypt, the house Of Jacob from a people Of strange language;

{a Song Of degrees Of David.} I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house Of the LORD.

{a Song Of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

• Blessed
• Family
• Olive

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides Of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

{a Song Of degrees.} Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants Of the LORD, which by night stand in the house Of the LORD.

Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house Of a stranger;

For she sitteth at the door Of her house, on a seat in the high places Of the city,

Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full Of sacrifices with strife.

house and riches are the inheritance Of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD.

• House

It is better to dwell in a corner Of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.

• House

It is better to dwell in the corner Of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day Of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber Of her that conceived me.

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance Of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

When a man shall take hold Of his brother Of the house Of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:

In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler Of the people.

For 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.

And he said, Hear ye now, O house Of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house Of his prisoners?

He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots Of thy glory shall be the shame Of thy lord's house.

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants Of Jerusalem, and to the house Of Judah.

The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure Of a man, according to the beauty Of a man; that it may remain in the house.

Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than Of sons and Of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house Of Jacob their sins.

• Mule

And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out Of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children Of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house Of the LORD.

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house Of Israel, saith the LORD.

Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house Of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den Of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD.

For even thy brethren, and the house Of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

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.

For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house Of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head Of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.

• Temple

Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court Of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities Of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations Of the earth.

Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days Of Hezekiah king Of Judah, and spake to all the people Of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD Of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain Of the house as the high places Of a forest.

• Temple

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words Of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels Of the LORD'S house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead Of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house Of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house Of Israel, and with the house Of Judah:

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne Of the house Of Israel;

Thus saith the LORD, the God Of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out Of the land Of Egypt, out Of the house Of bondmen, saying,

And I brought them into the house Of the LORD, into the chamber Of the sons Of Hanan, the son Of Igdaliah, a man Of God, which was by the chamber Of the princes, which was above the chamber Of Maaseiah the son Of Shallum, the keeper Of the door:

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house Of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

• Temple

The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand Of the enemy the walls Of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house Of the LORD, as in the day Of a solemn feast.

• Scorpion
• Scorpions

And thou, son Of man, be not afraid Of them, neither be afraid Of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid Of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

For thou art not sent to a people Of a strange speech and Of an hard language, but to the house Of Israel;

Son Of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house Of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof Of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house.

• Iron

Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall Of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house Of Israel.

• Symbolical
• Forty

And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity Of the house Of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

Then take Of them again, and cast them into the midst Of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house Of Israel.

And there stood before them seventy men Of the ancients Of the house Of Israel, and in the midst Of them stood Jaazaniah the son Of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud Of incense went up.

Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son Of man? Is it a light thing to the house Of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose.

• Deafness

Son Of man, thou dwellest in the midst Of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.

Therefore, thou son Of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house Of Israel.

• Stumbling-block
• Stumbling

For every one Of the house Of Israel, or Of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock Of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire Of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:

• Church

Son Of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house Of Israel;

And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols Of the house Of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house Of Israel?

But the house Of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

Therefore, son Of man, speak unto the house Of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.

And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house Of Israel, nor any grieving thorn Of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

• Reed

And all the inhabitants Of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff Of reed to the house Of Israel.

So thou, O son Of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house Of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

Son Of man, when the house Of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness Of a removed woman.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired Of by the house Of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

And behold a wall on the outside Of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed Of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth Of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about Of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth Of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.

I saw also the height Of the house round about: the foundations Of the side chambers were a full reed Of six great cubits.

So that the face Of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face Of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about.

• Priest

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens Of the seed Of the house Of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

And the five and twenty thousand Of length, and the ten thousand Of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers Of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.

And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood Of Jezreel upon the house Of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom Of the house Of Israel.

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house Of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house Of Israel; and give ye ear, O house Of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house Of Judah as rottenness.

• Lion

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house Of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

The watchman Of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare Of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house Of his God.

• Government

Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants Of the land into the house Of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,

• Fountain

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers Of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth Of the house Of the LORD, and shall water the valley Of Shittim.

• Judgments
• Fire

But I will send a fire into the house Of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces Of Benhadad.

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house Of Israel.

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house Of Israel.

And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out Of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides Of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention Of the name Of the LORD.

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house Of Israel, saith the LORD the God Of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in Of Hemath unto the river Of the wilderness.

For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house Of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.

And the house Of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house Of Joseph a flame, and the house Of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining Of the house Of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain Of the house as the high places Of the forest.

For the statutes Of Omri are kept, and all the works Of the house Of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach Of my people.

• Daughter-in-law
• War

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men Of his own house.

And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more Of thy name be sown: out Of the house Of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile.

• Temple

Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD Of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house Of Judah, and house Of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.

• Art

And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at Of them. And I took the thirty pieces Of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house Of the LORD.

• Fountain
• Fountain
• Types

In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house Of David and to the inhabitants Of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD Of hosts, if I will not open you the windows Of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings Of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

And every one that heareth these sayings Of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick Of a fever.

• Temple

And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house Of prayer; but ye have made it a den Of thieves.

• Temple

And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called Of all nations the house Of prayer? but ye have made it a den Of thieves.

For the Son Of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

• Simon
• Leprosy

And being in Bethany in the house Of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box Of ointment Of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.

To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, Of the house Of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.

And he arose out Of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her.

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company Of publicans and Of others that sat down with them.

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin Of that house was great.

And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box Of ointment,

And when he went forth to land, there met him out Of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.

And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler Of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

When the unclean spirit is gone out Of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

Either what woman having ten pieces Of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son Of Abraham.

Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house Of prayer: but ye have made it a den Of thieves.

And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher Of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.

Then took Mary a pound Of ointment Of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet Of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour Of the ointment.

• Powerful

And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as Of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

• Armies

And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and Of good report among all the nation Of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words Of thee.

Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house Of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.

• Envy
• Malice
• Unbelief

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows Of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house Of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

For we know that if our earthly house Of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building Of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care Of the church Of God?)

• Righteous

But in a great house there are not only vessels Of gold and Of silver, but also Of wood and Of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

• MOSES
• Decision

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony Of those things which were to be spoken after;

• Church

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing Of the hope firm unto the end.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house Of Israel and with the house Of Judah:

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house Of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: