It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Job
WisdomAnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Matthew
GospelsNow therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
Acts
HistoryAnd I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Deuteronomy
LawWherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
1 Samuel
HistoryThe Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Nehemiah
HistoryNow therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahHow much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.