I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Numbers
LawThe heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
Psalms
PoetryFor it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom;
1 Kings
HistoryAnd therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis
LawAnd he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Acts
History / LukeAre the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobWas not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
James
General EpistlesA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOr crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Matthew
GospelsFor what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus
Law / MosesHow much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.