If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.


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Genesis 14 23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
Exodus 5 11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.
Exodus 20 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Exodus 21 18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
Exodus 21 33 And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
Exodus 22 6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus 22 14 And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22 15 But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Exodus 23 4 If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Exodus 31 4 To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus 35 32 And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,
Exodus 35 35 Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.
Leviticus 24 19 And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;
Leviticus 25 14 And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
Leviticus 26 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
Leviticus 26 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
Deuteronomy 8 17 And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Deuteronomy 32 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deuteronomy 33 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
1 Samuel 12 21 And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
1 Kings 20 39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver.
2 Kings 6 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.
1 Chronicles 29 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
2 Chronicles 2 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
2 Chronicles 15 7 Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Ezra 4 22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Job 4 8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 5 2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Job 9 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 10 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Job 11 12 For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 15 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
Job 15 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:
Job 19 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 22 2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?
Job 32 9 Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Job 34 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 41 30 Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.
Job 41 31 He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment.
Psalms 2 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psalms 18 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 28 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 33 10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Psalms 37 30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms 39 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalms 45 5 Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms 49 10 For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 51 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.