I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
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And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers
Law / MosesDestruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Job
WisdomNow therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAscribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
Psalms
PoetryFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAlas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhich knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Acts
HistoryThat he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
1 Kings
HistoryFor that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther
HistoryNeglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was thirty and two persons.
Numbers
LawAnd he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?