The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat:
Exodus
LawBut it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThough while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
Psalms
PoetryWho appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsUnto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawLet nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesGet thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:
Deuteronomy
LawHelp me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
Genesis
Law / MosesThey are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
Luke
GospelsSo Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
Psalms
PoetryThus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWoe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAs for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWe hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Leviticus
LawThen took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.