A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:
Job
WisdomHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy
LawSix days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThrough God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Psalms
PoetryThis day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesArise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Psalms
PoetryAnd ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:
Exodus
LawFrom the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesNor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John
Gospels / JohnThy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus
LawAnd there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
Luke
Gospels / LukeO my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings
HistorySo all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThese were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahRemove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them.