For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulMany therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
John
GospelsAnd thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
Genesis
LawAnd Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Genesis
LawGlory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
Luke
GospelsAnd I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:
Genesis
LawFor many are called, but few are chosen.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:
Acts
History / LukeAnd in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsYe ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James
General EpistlesOne young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Numbers
LawHe increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
Job
WisdomAnd Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHer prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.