He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
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A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God?
Genesis
Law / MosesSpeak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
Numbers
LawFor what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Job
WisdomThe king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms
PoetryBut judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
Psalms
PoetryAnd said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Acts
HistoryWhom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesNow there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city.
Judges
HistoryHis name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNeither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
Exodus
Law / MosesFor he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
Job
Wisdom / JobMy bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
Matthew
GospelsFor to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
Genesis
Law / MosesO my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.