Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
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They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
2 Kings
HistoryBe not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomYea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawMaaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
Luke
GospelsIt stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
Job
Wisdom / JobThat thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
Law / MosesYea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver.
Job
WisdomAnd this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
2 Peter
General Epistles / Peter(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Job
Wisdom / JobFor, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsIn that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBut one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem.
Judges
HistoryAnd the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOnly in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Exodus
LawAnd when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkCharity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,