And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
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But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
Luke
GospelsAnd say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnZanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom.
Nehemiah
HistoryNeither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
Deuteronomy
LawBut thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
Luke
GospelsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.
Exodus
LawFor thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
2 Chronicles
HistoryShe dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.
Job
WisdomHe gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThey also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?