A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonOf Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSay unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWho died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.
1 Samuel
HistoryTake heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:
Acts
HistoryAnd in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNot rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
Exodus
LawFor it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAt that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days:
Leviticus
Law / MosesWho leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Proverbs
WisdomThou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
Daniel
Major ProphetsThe children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.
Ezra
HistoryThe hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.