A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMen, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
Acts
History / LukeAnd David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWill he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
Job
Wisdom / JobAn heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
Proverbs
WisdomConsider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBut ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Joshua
HistoryAt that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
Genesis
Law / MosesThen they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.
Mark
GospelsWhy doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
Job
WisdomThat if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
Job
WisdomThat in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesThy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psalms
PoetryIf I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Job
WisdomBut whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Matthew
GospelsThey shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.