So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsSon of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Exodus
LawWherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Genesis
LawAnd there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
Exodus
LawAnd in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAfter this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBecause strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNot according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
Numbers
LawAnd Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahA fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhich in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
1 Peter
General EpistlesThe children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.