It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.
Ruth
History / SamuelMoreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhen I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Joshua
HistoryO inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAlso the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHappy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalms
PoetrySo Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelCan that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job
WisdomAnd the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Esther
HistoryThat thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraBless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
John
Gospels / JohnAll the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus
LawThen was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThe LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew
GospelsMy heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Psalms
PoetryEven so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!