I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Judges
HistoryIf he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Judges
HistoryAnd every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThen said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Luke
GospelsAnd Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Mark
GospelsAnd they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThem that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahWaters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahPray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
Matthew
GospelsNow concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewYe shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhen Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.