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A living dog is better than a dead lion.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. IX, v. 4)
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The heart of the wise in in the house of mourning, but the heart
of fools is in the house of mirth.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. VII, v. 4)
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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to
hear the song of fools.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. VII, v. 5)
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of
the fool: this also is vanity.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. VII, v. 6)
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In the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiastes (ch. XI, v. 3)
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He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.
Author: Bible
Source: Ecclesiasticus (ch. XIII, v. 1)
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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.
Author: Bible
Source: Ephesians (ch. IV, v. 26-27)
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Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Author: Bible
Source: Ephesians (ch. V, v. 6)
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As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Author: Bible
Source: Ezekiel (ch. XVI, v. 44)
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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth,
that shall he also reap.
Author: Bible
Source: Galatians (ch. VI, v. 7)
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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Author: Bible
Source: Genesis (ch. IV, v. 19)
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Like people, like priest.
Author: Bible
Source: Hosea (ch. IV v. 9)
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They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Author: Bible
Source: Hosea (ch. VIII, v. 7)
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Charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Author: Bible
Source: I Peter (ch. IV, v. 8)
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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some
coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
themselves through with many sorrows.
Author: Bible
Source: I Timothy (ch. VI, v. 10)
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If any would not work, neither shall he eat.
Author: Bible
Source: II Thessalonians (ch. III, v. 10)
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Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Author: Bible
Source: Jeremiah (ch. XIII, v. 23)
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
Author: Bible
Source: Job (ch. VII, v. 6)
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But ask now the beasts, and 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.
Author: Bible
Source: Job (ch. XII, v. 7-8)
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Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand
judgment.
Author: Bible
Source: Job (ch. XXXII, v. 9)
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And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Author: Bible
Source: John (ch. VIII, v. 32)
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Whither goest thou?
[Lat., Quo vadis?]
Author: Bible
Source: (Vulgate), John (ch. XIII, v. 36)
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Physician, heal thyself.
Author: Bible
Source: Luke (ch. IV, v. 23)
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For the labourer is worthy of his hire.
Author: Bible
Source: Luke (ch. X, v. 7)
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If a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Author: Bible
Source: Mark (ch. III, v. 25)
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If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear.
Author: Bible
Source: Mark (ch. IV, v. 23)
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Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. IV, v. 4)
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No man can serve two masters.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 24)
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No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,
and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 24)
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall
take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VI, v. 34)
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Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VII, v. 1)
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Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Author: Bible
Source: "Golden Rule", Matthew (ch. VII, v. 12)
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Neither cast your pearls before swine.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VII, v. 6)
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Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock,
and it shall be opened unto you:
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VII, v. 7-8)
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Let the dead bury their dead.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. VIII, v. 22)
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The tree is known by his fruit.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XII, v. 33)
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Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XII, v. 34)
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A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
his own house.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XIII, v. 57)
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Neither do men put new wine into old bottles.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XIX, v. 17)
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With men all is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XIX, v. 26)
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They be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the
blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XV, v. 14)
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If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;
and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XVII, v. 20)
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For many are called, but few are chosen.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XXII, v. 14)
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Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XXIV, v. 28)
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All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Author: Bible
Source: Matthew (ch. XXVI, v. 52)
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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. I, v. 17)
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For whom the Lord liveth he correcteth.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. III, v. 12)
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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. III, v. 16)
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. III, v. 17)
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The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.
Author: Bible
Source: Proverbs (ch. IV, v. 18)
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