In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGo thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
Numbers
LawFor the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:
Exodus
Law / MosesAfter this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahCasting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterSay, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?
1 Samuel
HistoryHow precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth.