A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
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Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
2 Samuel
HistoryRejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesHath not my hand made all these things?
Acts
HistoryO LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
Joshua
HistoryYe that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
Luke
GospelsAnd I charged Baruch before them, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
Acts
History / LukeA foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
Acts
HistoryAnd I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Judges
History / SamuelBut ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.
Job
WisdomWhen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
Esther
HistoryWho can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Deuteronomy
LawFor they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
1 Kings
HistoryThen opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel:
Deuteronomy
LawSon of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.