Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
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He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalms
PoetryWhen the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd 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?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
Psalms
PoetryAnd even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulKnow ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?
Acts
History / LukeHe that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John
General EpistlesThen Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIf any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
John
GospelsAnd he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: