A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBecause I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
Numbers
LawAnd David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBut if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBlessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
Job
WisdomAnd he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
Genesis
LawAnd this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John
GospelsAt midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 Chronicles
HistoryWhere their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Mark
GospelsThen shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThese are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
John
GospelsAnd after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.