I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahYe shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
LawAnd God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Genesis
LawFor from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
John
GospelsAnd another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
Revelation
ApocalypticIf there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.
Exodus
LawWherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
Acts
History / LukeNow therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
Deuteronomy
LawMy lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms
PoetryGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Psalms
PoetryThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
HistoryBut when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Acts
HistoryBut I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: