By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
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I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?
2 Samuel
HistoryHe made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsKing Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Solomon's Song
PoetryLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs
WisdomEthiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersPreserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job
WisdomAnd he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Genesis
LawCan that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Job
WisdomAnd as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAll the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
2 Kings
HistoryBut thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBy long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.