The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Genesis
LawAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
Exodus
LawThe sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhat is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Psalms
PoetryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesOf a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Job
WisdomBut they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Micah
Minor ProphetsWhile it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews
General EpistlesMoab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
Matthew
GospelsTherefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
1 Samuel
HistoryIt is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Exodus
LawWhen my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.
Psalms
PoetrySo he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
Daniel
Major ProphetsYea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: