In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework.
Exodus
LawBeing confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahRebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Psalms
PoetryThen Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
2 Kings
HistoryWilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownTerrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Job
Wisdom / JobNamely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAs the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Proverbs
WisdomThe snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Job
Wisdom / JobBehold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThink not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Matthew
GospelsTouching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Job
Wisdom / JobEvil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Psalms
PoetryWhich shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
Luke
GospelsThe memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.