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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Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
Judges
HistoryHe that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAs for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTo know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
Proverbs
WisdomMen shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahI have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Psalms
PoetryOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms
PoetryA fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelFor the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:
Proverbs
WisdomThen understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew
GospelsFor I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Psalms
PoetryThe sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs
WisdomThen spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)