Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhen Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Numbers
LawThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBenjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.
Numbers
LawHave they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?
Judges
History / SamuelThe wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFeed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahNow we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
John
Gospels / JohnPraise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
Psalms
PoetryAnd moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraCursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawAnd Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahNo man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
John
Gospels / JohnWe gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.