📔 King James Bible

Quotes from this book

Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. Let all your things be done with charity. Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Thou shalt not commit adultery. But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.