He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSaul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahYe that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely shew myself unto him to day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAlso of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
Nehemiah
HistoryFor their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonCast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
Acts
HistoryNow then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
John
GospelsThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1 Kings
HistoryFor thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
Job
Wisdom / JobBut neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMoreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe 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
History / EzraIt came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.