Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
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When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
Judges
History / SamuelIf thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psalms
PoetryAnd whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Leviticus
LawLet them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
John
Gospels / JohnTheir tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSalute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThese are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Genesis
LawBut Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able.
Matthew
GospelsAnd said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTo satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
Job
Wisdom / JobEven the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanShe looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
Exodus
LawAnd because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.
Acts
HistoryYea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1 John
General EpistlesThe word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.