And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
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This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryWhereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,
Exodus
LawEven a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Ruth
History / SamuelMany there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryBut a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Luke
Gospels / LukeBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
Mark
GospelsTherefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John
GospelsAnd thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
Genesis
LawThus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
Nehemiah
HistoryHe shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Deuteronomy
LawAre not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Acts
HistoryAnd he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Acts
HistoryAnd he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: