Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
Luke
GospelsThese are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Luke
GospelsPhilip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
John
GospelsAnd he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus
LawFor thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
Psalms
PoetryYet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsBlessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAccording to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
Revelation
ApocalypticThese sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Ezra
HistoryAnd now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsShall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
Mark
GospelsMen shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.
Job
WisdomIn the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsNebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBehold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.
Psalms
PoetryThus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.
Judges
HistoryFor the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.