Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonBut last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
Ruth
History / SamuelThen came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.
2 Kings
HistoryFor I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryWe have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Job
WisdomAnd Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewUnto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Exodus
LawBut it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Psalms
PoetryThou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Luke
GospelsAnd when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
Numbers
LawAnd when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Judges
History / SamuelWherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?