Shakespeare or the Bible?

Are the following quotes from William Shakespeare or the Holy Bible? All Bible quotes are taken from the King James translation Some quotes have been lightly edited to remove revealing details (i.e.'declares the LORD")

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1. "For God’s sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings. How some have been deposed, some slain in war. Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed. Some poisoned by their wives: some sleeping killed, all murdered."

Shakespeare ✓

The Bible ✓

2. "There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail."

Shakespeare ✓

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3. "Fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish."

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4. "Fears and scruples shake us. In the great hand of God I stand; and thence against the undivulged pretence I fight of treasonous malice."

Shakespeare ✓

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5. "This above all: to thine own self be true. And it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!"

Shakespeare ✓

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6. "Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles."

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7. "God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another. You jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nick-name God's creatures, and make your wantonness your ignorance."

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The Bible ✓

8. "What is a man, if his chief good and market of his time be but to sleep and feed? A beast, no more."

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9. "Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

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10. "Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king."

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11. "O, thou hast damnable iteration, and art indeed able to corrupt a saint. Thou hast done much harm upon me, God forgive thee for it. Before I knew thee, I knew nothing, and now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. I must give over this life, and I will give it over. By the Lord, and I do not, I am a villain."

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The Bible ✓

12. "Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom."

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13. "I do profess to be no less than I seem; to serve him truly that will put me in trust: to love him that is honest; to converse with him that is wise, and says little, to fear judgment; to fight when I cannot choose."

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14. "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."

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15. "When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again: I would have none but knaves follow it, since a fool gives it.:

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