Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs
WisdomAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Matthew
GospelsThou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
John
Gospels / JohnSave only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Genesis
Law / MosesHear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSpeak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Mark
GospelsBut draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke
Gospels / LukeI have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
Judges
History / SamuelHe it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
John
GospelsNow after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Joshua
HistoryAnd from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
Acts
History / LukeAnd to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhen thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: