My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
Genesis
LawBy him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWhat profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThen said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Deuteronomy
LawBecause of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThat I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
Deuteronomy
LawGiving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAre ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahIf thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Deuteronomy
LawThe table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the shewbread,
Exodus
Law / MosesLet them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIn the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Micah
Minor ProphetsVerily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John
Gospels / JohnFor the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Esther
HistoryIn the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously.