A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs
WisdomThen they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Numbers
LawAnd the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIf ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterTheir sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms
PoetryJohn did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark
Gospels / MarkHow long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Job
WisdomAnd if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job
WisdomSpeak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDelilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThat your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.