The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAll the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
Numbers
LawWherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBoth male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawLest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThere was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Joshua
HistoryThen they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
Matthew
GospelsAnd have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts
History / LukeSaying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSeven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deuteronomy
LawI am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Solomon's Song
PoetryThe first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?