The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Jeremiah ch. 8, v. 22
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?
Jeremiah ch. 13, v. 23
Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the
whole earth!
Jeremiah ch. 15, v. 10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.
Jeremiah ch. 17, v. 9
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.
Jeremiah ch. 17, v. 11
Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends.
Jeremiah ch. 20, v. 4
2.116.2.22 Lamentations
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
Lamentations ch. 1, v. 1
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my
sorrow.
Lamentations ch. 1, v. 12
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the Lord:
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations ch. 3, v. 18
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Lamentations ch. 3, v. 27
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him.
Lamentations ch. 3, v. 30
O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lamentations ch. 4, v. 59
2.116.2.23 Ezekiel
As is the mother, so is her daughter.
Ezekiel ch. 16, v. 44
The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.
Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 2
When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Ezekiel ch. 18, v. 27
The king of Babylon stood at the parting of the ways.