It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
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But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
2 Kings
HistoryBecause thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.
Genesis
LawAnd will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhich is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
Joshua
HistoryHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Job
Wisdom / JobBehold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahMy son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
James
General Epistles / JamesTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
2 Kings
HistoryThen beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
Acts
History / LukeAs it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.
Job
WisdomThey that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsShall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.