Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawBut they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Micah
Minor ProphetsAnd David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.
Judges
HistoryWhen Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psalms
PoetryIn his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him.
Job
WisdomYe lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
James
General Epistles / JamesI and my Father are one.
John
Gospels / JohnThou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThere was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.
Joshua
HistoryBehold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersRemember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
Psalms
PoetryBut which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
Luke
GospelsO righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnBetter is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonOne man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Joshua
HistoryBeside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesForty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart.
Joshua
HistoryThe two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.