As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
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When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken.
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLike as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
1 Samuel
HistoryDavid therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBetter is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTake away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawBut he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThat they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Joshua
HistoryFor riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship;
Exodus
Law / MosesWherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownMy brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
James
General EpistlesNow in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Leviticus
LawNeither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Matthew
GospelsThey shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.