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Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did
their fathers to the false prophets.
Topic: Speech
Source: Luke (ch. VI, v. 26)
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But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:
for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Topic: Speech
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 7)
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O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.
Topic: Speech
Source: Matthew (ch. XII, v. 34)
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A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up
anger.
Topic: Speech
Source: Proverbs (ch. 15, v. 1)
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I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your
flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
Topic: Speech
Source: Romans (ch. VI, v. 19)
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For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds
is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the
tender grape, give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away.
Topic: Spring
Source: Song of Solomon (ch. II, v. 11-12)
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We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place,
until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any
private interpretation.
Topic: Stars
Source: I Peter (ch. I, v. 19-20)
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Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the
bands of Orion?
Topic: Stars
Source: Job (ch. XXXVIII, v. 31)
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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou
guide Arcturus with his sons?
Topic: Stars
Source: Job (ch. XXXVIII, v. 32)
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Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the
corner stone thereof;
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God
shouted for joy?
Topic: Stars
Source: Job (ch. XXXVIII, v. 6-7)
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They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought
against Sisera.
Topic: Stars
Source: Judges (ch. V, v. 20)
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At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without
adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be
foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history
itself.
Topic: Story Telling
Source: II Maccabees (ch. II, v. 32)
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Thy shoes shall be of iron and brass: and as thy days, so shall
thy strength be.
Topic: Strength
Source: Deuteronomy (ch. XXXIII, v. 25)
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And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a
three-fold cord is not quickly broken.
Topic: Strength
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IV, v. 12)
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And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will
I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may
rest upon me.
Topic: Strength
Source: II Corinthians (ch. XII, v. 9)
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For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose:
therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit
still.
Topic: Strength
Source: Isaiah (ch. XXX, v. 7)
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They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
appeareth before God.
Topic: Strength
Source: Psalms (ch. LXXXIV, v. 7)
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I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the
swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the
wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to
men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Topic: Success
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 11)
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For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.
Topic: Success
Source: Psalms (ch. LXXV, v. 6)
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A successful person is one who can lay a firm foundation with the
bricks that others throw at him or her.
Topic: Success
Source: Psalms (ch. LXXV, v. 6)
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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus
whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.
Topic: Suffering
Source: Acts (ch. IX, v. 5)
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I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was
none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample
them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my
garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Topic: Suffering
Source: Isaiah (ch. LXIII, v. 3)
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And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a
lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Topic: Summer
Source: Isaiah (ch. I, v. 8)
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Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: Neither give place to the devil.
Topic: Sun Dial Mottoes
Source: Ephesians (ch. IV, v. 26-27)
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I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the
night cometh, when no man can work.
Topic: Sun Dial Mottoes
Source: John (ch. IX, v. 4)
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More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Topic: Sweetness
Source: Psalms (ch. XIX, v. 10)
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Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your
pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and
turn again and rend you.
Topic: Swine
Source: Matthew (ch. VII, v. 6)
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But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how
dwelleth the love of God in him?
Topic: Sympathy
Source: I John (ch. III, v. 17)
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Whose talk is of bullocks.
Topic: Talk
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. XXXVIII, v. 25)
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But ask now the beasts, any they shall teach thee; and the fowls
of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes
of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Topic: Teaching
Source: Job (ch. XII, v. 7-8)
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Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is
tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath
promised to them that love him.
Topic: Temptation
Source: James (ch. I, v. 12)
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But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan:
thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things
that be of God, but those that be of men.
Topic: Temptation
Source: Matthew (ch. XVI, v. 23)
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For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high
places of the city,
To call passengers who go right on their ways:
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that
wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Topic: Thieving
Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 14-17)
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To keep my hands from picking and stealing.
Topic: Thieving
Source: Proverbs (ch. IX, v. 14-17)
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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith
he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Topic: Thought
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 6-7)
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Sow a thought and reap an act.
Topic: Thought
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXIII, v. 6-7)
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose
under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time
to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a
time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time
to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to
cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a
time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of
peace.
Topic: Time
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. III, v. 1-8)
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Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better
than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Topic: Time
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. VII, v. 10)
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(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the
day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the
accepted time; behold now is the day of salvation.)
Topic: Time
Source: II Corinthians (ch. VI, v. 2)
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Topic: Time
Source: Job (ch. VII, v. 6)
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He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It
will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky
is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of
the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Topic: Time
Source: Matthew (ch. XVI, v. 2-3)
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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is
past, and as a watch in the night.
Topic: Time
Source: Psalms (ch. XC, v. 4)
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For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our
years as a tale that is told.
Topic: Time
Source: Psalms (ch. XC, v. 9)
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For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
and there is no return from our death,
because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
Topic: Time
Source: Wisdom of Solomon (ch. II, v. 5)
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The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by
the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the
tongue.
Topic: Tongue
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. XXVIII, v. 17)
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For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of
things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of
deadly poison.
Topic: Tongue
Source: James (ch. III, v. 7-8)
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Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under
his tongue;
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within
his mouth:
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps
within him.
Topic: Tongue
Source: Job (ch. XX, v. 12-14)
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She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law
of kindness.
Topic: Tongue
Source: Proverbs (ch. XXXI, v. 26)
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My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which
I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready
writer.
Topic: Tongue
Source: Psalms (ch. XLV, v. 1)
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Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride
of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the
strife of tongues.
Topic: Tongue
Source: Psalms (ch. XXXI, v. 20)
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