And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
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And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNow the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
Matthew
GospelsAnd the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
2 Samuel
HistoryThen understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Acts
HistoryBut when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Genesis
LawAnd a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
Deuteronomy
LawHe shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWho now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulGeber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.