It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
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And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Proverbs
WisdomPride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThat ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahThere were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThis is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
Acts
HistoryYe shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
Deuteronomy
LawWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms
PoetrySon of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew
GospelsThe eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.
1 Kings
HistoryI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.