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Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 16:18

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Pride

Source

Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Proverbs 16:18).

Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Jesus

Matthew 18:5-6

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Jesus and children Children

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 18:5-6).

Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees.

Angel

Revelation 7:3

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Conservation Man and nature

Speaker

Angel

Source

Revelation The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Revelation 7:3).

Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

John the Baptist

John 1:29

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Jesus Sacrifice Forgiveness of sins

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John the Baptist

Source

Gospel of John The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

90 90s 1st century

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Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 1:29).

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Jesus

Matthew 10:39

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Martyrdom Salvation

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 10:39).

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

God

Jeremiah 31:33

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God's covenant Right and wrong Morality

Speaker

God

Source

Jeremiah The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

570 BC 570s BC 6th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Jeremiah 31:33).

And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.

Luke 4:3-4

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The devil

Speaker

The devil

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 4:3-4).

For this thing was not done in a corner.

Apostle Paul

Acts 26:26

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Jesus's resurrection

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Acts The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 26:26).

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Ecclesiastes 3:11

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Omnipotence of God God

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

Jesus

Luke 11:33

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Evangelism Candles

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Luke The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

61 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Luke 11:33).

There is a sound of abundance of rain.

1st Kings 18:41

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Rain

Speaker

Elijah

Source

1st Kings The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

538 BC 530s BC 6th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Kings 18:41).

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Genesis 1:1

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Beginning of time Origin of the universe Creation of the world Creation The world

Source

Genesis The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

1405 BC 1400s BC 15th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Genesis 1:1).

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Joshua

Joshua 24:15

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Serving God

Speaker

Joshua

Source

Joshua The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Promises and vows

Language

Hebrew

Time

1385 BC 1380s BC 14th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Joshua 24:15).

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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Pessimism Impossibility of progress

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Ecclesiastes The Bible

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

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931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

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Classical antiquity

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.

Acts 17:19-21

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Athens and Jerusalem

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Book of Acts The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Question

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Acts 17:19-21).

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Proverbs 14:23

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Words vs. actions Hard work Work

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Proverbs The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

686 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible, New International Version. International Bible Society, 1978. (Proverbs 14:23).

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

James 4:14

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Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life Life

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James The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

49 40s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (James 4:14).

The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence.

Psalm 115:17

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The afterlife Death Oblivion

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Psalms The Bible

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Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

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Hebrew

Time

450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC

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Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Psalm 115:17).

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Jesus

Matthew 11:15

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Listening

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 11:15).

Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.

1st Peter 2:11

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Lust

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1st Peter The Bible

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Scripture

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Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

65 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (1st Peter 2:11).