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Page 135 - Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also His coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be...
Page 17 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 80 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Page 63 - He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Page 134 - Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause...
Page 17 - By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Page 97 - There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Page 199 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that It is for his life.
Page 37 - Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 91 - And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.