It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
Job
WisdomAnd when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.
Judges
HistoryEvery one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHis head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonEven of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Numbers
LawMy heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAssur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
Mark
GospelsIn the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Job
WisdomNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
John
GospelsGreet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSaying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Luke
GospelsO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.