The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
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And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesIf thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Nehemiah
HistoryNow in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
Judges
History / SamuelThere went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Genesis
LawThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job
WisdomAnd Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also.
Exodus
LawHe restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBy the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownWhoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs
WisdomBut Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahCome and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus
LawAnd the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.