The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Luke
GospelsJesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
John
Gospels / JohnIt may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Leviticus
LawIt shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawBeside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTo the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAt the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
Ezra
History / EzraWhom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts
HistoryShall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Psalms
PoetryNow Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryNevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew
GospelsNow when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.