It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:
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For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
Psalms
PoetryThus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahShechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
Nehemiah
HistoryBut his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
Luke
GospelsSon of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
Judges
History / SamuelThen Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.
Genesis
LawSanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
Exodus
LawHe shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke
GospelsAnd 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.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
Joshua
History / JoshuaSaying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh.
Exodus
LawAnd he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
Genesis
LawWho immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
Acts
HistoryMarvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Judges
HistoryAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLet our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.