By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahShe is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
Job
Wisdom / JobKnowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles
HistorySing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
Exodus
LawBut they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?
Genesis
Law / MosesThe fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Luke
GospelsPilate answered, What I have written I have written.