A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
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And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;
Ezra
HistoryHe riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
John
GospelsAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Matthew
GospelsThere shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.
Ezra
History / EzraFor as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHolding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
Acts
HistoryYe are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
John
GospelsMoreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Job
WisdomNow rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.