Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
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And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
Genesis
LawHis breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis
LawNow he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesMake no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs
WisdomBut he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
Acts
History / LukeAnd if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.
Judges
History / SamuelHe that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mark
GospelsAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
GospelsAnd Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Acts
HistoryAnd they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.