As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
Luke
GospelsAnd Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAs for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaGird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.
Job
Wisdom / JobTheir soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
Ezra
HistoryWhose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
Luke
GospelsAnd ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsO sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Psalms
PoetryLo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias:
Luke
Gospels / LukeHear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAsshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomUriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomSlay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?