He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
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No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
HistoryThy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
Psalms
PoetryJesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
John
Gospels / JohnThen let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahNow I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
Genesis
LawAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
Genesis
LawYet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew
GospelsAnd did all eat the same spiritual meat;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesEat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryBut if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYe shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOne golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers
Law / MosesOf Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: