It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
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But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Genesis
LawAnd she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraI would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
Acts
HistoryFor ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John
GospelsThe owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus
LawThey say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd 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
Law / MosesThere be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
Proverbs
WisdomWhen I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron.
1 Kings
HistoryWoe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
Leviticus
LawThere have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.