In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
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And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Deuteronomy
LawFor this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAt that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges
HistoryFor our God is a consuming fire.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John
General EpistlesBut Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
Matthew
GospelsAnd all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
Ezra
HistoryFor Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.