A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
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And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
Judges
HistoryThen Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTheir idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
Job
Wisdom / JobI called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
Psalms
PoetryBecause they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIs not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Job
Wisdom / JobThey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges
History / SamuelOut of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaNow they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Numbers
LawFollow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
Hebrews
General EpistlesThese are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsI am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
Luke
GospelsThen all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraRejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands.
Genesis
Law / MosesNow the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.