And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
2 Peter
General EpistlesThou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHowbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places.
2 Kings
HistoryI am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Acts
HistoryAnd their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Luke
GospelsOf these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesHis left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWhen thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.
Joshua
HistoryThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsO wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
2 Kings
HistoryThe righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms
PoetryIf he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
Job
Wisdom / JobThese were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz,
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?