In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death:
Genesis
LawAnd it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings
HistoryFrom the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraMoreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold.
1 Kings
HistoryFor I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryArise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
Psalms
PoetryFor they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIf in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesOr if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
Ezra
History / EzraBut into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Hebrews
General EpistlesThen the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valour.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: