A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Leviticus
LawAnd they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Numbers
LawO Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
Job
WisdomAnd by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBecause Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
Esther
HistoryThen I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:
Genesis
Law / MosesThat thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEach charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Numbers
LawBut when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesRemember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Nehemiah
HistoryThe fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraSo shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.