As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
John
GospelsAnd did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThen we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahGod forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesEthiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Psalms
PoetryAnd see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Numbers
LawWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
Psalms
PoetryPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
John
Gospels / JohnThe Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
Matthew
GospelsBehold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.