The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
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Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
Deuteronomy
LawThen the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Esther
History / MordecaiA good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
Joshua
HistoryThose that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
Job
WisdomThe ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts
HistoryAnd of some have compassion, making a difference:
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAnd he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Exodus
LawAnd Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
Exodus
Law / MosesJosiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThen took I the cup at the LORD'S hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job
WisdomThe sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGirded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNow when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.