Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
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Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelI said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFlee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Nehemiah
HistoryOf Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him.
Exodus
Law / MosesOf every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.
Job
WisdomAnd I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielMartha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
John
GospelsHe overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
2 Chronicles
HistoryI am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSaying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
Luke
GospelsAnd Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.