And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
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As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThere is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomShould a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
Leviticus
LawI know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Revelation
ApocalypticTo another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesSee then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
Proverbs
Wisdom / Solomon(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness?
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
Genesis
LawFor whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
2 Kings
HistoryWhere is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumA time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGive instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms
PoetryBe not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThese great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?