Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
Revelation
ApocalypticWho is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAwake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.
Numbers
LawHe keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersCretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2 Chronicles
HistoryPharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsSlothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs
WisdomJohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
John
GospelsBut there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Job
WisdomSeemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them?
Numbers
LawBehold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosA sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs
WisdomOf the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
Numbers
LawAnd it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThose that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.