The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
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And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahEvery way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs
WisdomHe loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus
LawI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Matthew
GospelsWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonMany, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Ezra
HistoryHear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
Job
WisdomSorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Luke
GospelsFor God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAs obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterWhen I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.