As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
Luke
GospelsAnd they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Acts
HistoryAnd on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus
LawIs not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Genesis
LawAnd in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
Luke
GospelsAnd that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padan-aram;
Genesis
LawAnd God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis
LawAnd Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
Psalms
PoetryBut Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Acts
HistoryOne of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
John
GospelsAnd I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHave respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites.
Numbers
Law / MosesConsider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.