But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job
WisdomBut the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
John
Gospels / JohnIf I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the men answered her, Our life for your's, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee.
Joshua
HistoryFor they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me.
Numbers
LawThat this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
Genesis
LawThen cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Exodus
LawAnd Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Genesis
LawAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
Acts
HistoryBut against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.
Exodus
Law / MosesPharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:
Genesis
LawHe maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Job
WisdomAnd when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her.
Ruth
HistoryIt is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Luke
GospelsFor the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job
WisdomAnd the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.