The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHeaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraA time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Job
WisdomThen Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
Acts
HistoryAnd I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIf I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielGlorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Mark
Gospels / MarkA word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
Acts
HistoryA day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelThe memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he wrote a letter after this manner: