And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
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And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Judges
History / SamuelThen said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.
Judges
HistoryTherefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
Nehemiah
HistoryTEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Daniel
Major ProphetsThey took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
Genesis
LawThe word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me.
1 Samuel
HistoryBe pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalms
PoetryEven those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesI will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
Genesis
LawAnd he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBy little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Exodus
LawThe inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
Matthew
GospelsWherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsFor he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
1 Kings
HistoryThe proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law.