He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
Mark
GospelsAnd Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
Mark
GospelsWhen Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
John
GospelsAnd this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
Numbers
LawFor in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Acts
HistoryThey encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Acts
HistoryBut after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
Ezra
History / Ezra(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
Luke
Gospels / LukeHerein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos
Minor ProphetsLie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD'S people.
2 Chronicles
HistoryReproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Psalms
PoetryPelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Nehemiah
HistoryHear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.