I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John
GospelsThis I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesI will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean.
Leviticus
LawThis he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
John
GospelsAnd Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
Genesis
LawBefore the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahBut Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings
HistoryIf I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSuch is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOne generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stones.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBarley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.