And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Proverbs
WisdomEven from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him;
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
Job
WisdomThere shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus
LawAnd he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMoreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
2 Kings
HistoryIf a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
1 Kings
HistoryMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
Numbers
LawAnd the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHowbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Judges
History / SamuelI will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaYour lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
Exodus
Law / MosesI robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.