A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahForasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBecause he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks.
Job
WisdomAnd the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeO thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Mark
GospelsAnd the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
Genesis
LawFor we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThey are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
LawLet it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.
Genesis
LawAnd all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
Leviticus
LawMoreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Job
WisdomSpeak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Proverbs
WisdomWherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulChasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?