As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
James
General Epistles / JamesI will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
Matthew
GospelsAnd there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
2 Samuel
HistorySo they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job
WisdomThey shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
Psalms
PoetryEven so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
James
General EpistlesAnd they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHe sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
Psalms
PoetryNow I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThen the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBlessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
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
Law / MosesAnd Simon he surnamed Peter;
Mark
GospelsThen Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you.