Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.
Exodus
LawSurely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers,
Deuteronomy
LawHe hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms
PoetryI have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Psalms
PoetrySend to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWill ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd 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.
Ezra
History / EzraThere were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWe acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTake heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luke
GospelsAnd he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
2 Samuel
HistoryNow Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
Leviticus
LawAnd of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
John
GospelsAnd God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;
Genesis
Law(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight.
Ezra
HistoryThy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsArise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesThy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.