By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
Ezra
HistoryBut the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
Acts
History / LukeHear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThe sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAt that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
Daniel
Major ProphetsSo they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.
Numbers
Law / MosesHe that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John
GospelsBut ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAnd the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
Exodus
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawThey also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
Psalms
PoetryNow the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis
Law / MosesI will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: