And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
Acts
History / LukeAlas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThough I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Job
WisdomThe men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
Nehemiah
HistoryNow when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms
PoetryNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
John
GospelsAnd out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryHe that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.
Psalms
PoetryReceive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsI have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesFor the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
Job
WisdomBut when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew
GospelsAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
Joshua
HistoryOr a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.