My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Genesis
LawNow I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
John
GospelsAnd Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under.
1 Kings
HistoryBut it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
1 Chronicles
HistoryOne shall say, I am the LORD'S; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsExcept the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Psalms
PoetryThen David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Esther
HistoryAnd ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
Acts
History / LukeAfter these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.
Acts
HistoryFor many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Matthew
GospelsI beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
Genesis
LawLittle children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThe LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThen Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelForty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;