Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Esther
HistoryBehold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWhen the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
Genesis
LawHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms
PoetryThe Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?
1 Samuel
HistoryThere they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.