Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names.
Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. When he built a city, he called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch.
They search out injustice, saying, “We have accomplished a diligent search.” For the inward mind and heart of a man are deep.
For there is no truth in their mouth; their inmost self is destruction; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
“Thus says the Lord God: On that day, thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil scheme
He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved; throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself the pillar that is in the King's Valley, for he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's monument to this day.
Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
And the Lord said to him, “Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.
And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.”
Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
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