He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua
History / JoshuaThou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
Psalms
PoetryA fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John
Gospels / JohnO that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
Job
Wisdom / JobOur soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Judges
History / SamuelI sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,