Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
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And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.
Genesis
LawI prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
Deuteronomy
LawEven the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:
Numbers
LawAnd what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOr if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1 John
General EpistlesBut Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.
Acts
History / LukeAnd he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThat ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Luke
GospelsBut if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryThe voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
2 Kings
HistoryThis is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesMoreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraEbed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.