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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How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Psalms
PoetryThe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
Judges
HistoryNeither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
Numbers
LawIf thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAt that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahEvery thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.
Numbers
LawThere is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:
Job
WisdomAnd to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
Joshua
HistoryThe voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
Psalms
PoetryThe sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
John
GospelsTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahHe that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
John
GospelsAmon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBinding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:
Genesis
LawThey shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.