In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
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Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job
Wisdom / JobI was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job
WisdomRise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThey have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus
LawThe depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Job
Wisdom / JobTell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
Solomon's Song
PoetryThey fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges
HistoryThey have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
Psalms
PoetryAnd all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThere go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersO how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
Psalms
PoetryBut as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Deuteronomy
LawThe harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIn thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.