It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Genesis
LawThe crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Luke
GospelsAnd they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand:
Leviticus
LawYea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms
PoetryYea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHowbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
1 Kings
HistoryThese are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
Exodus
LawOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job
WisdomAnd at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,