And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
2 Chronicles
HistoryDarts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.
Job
WisdomFor there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
Titus
Pauline Epistles / PaulLove not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John
General EpistlesHe that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he.
Proverbs
WisdomThe porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.
2 Kings
HistoryBut it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
Matthew
GospelsThe pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsShould it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job
WisdomFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs
WisdomDearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1 Peter
General EpistlesI thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see;
1 Samuel
HistoryThine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
1 Peter
General EpistlesThe LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psalms
PoetryAnd from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit.