As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Revelation
ApocalypticTherefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonMine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahShall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThis is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Leviticus
LawAnd from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
Mark
GospelsAnd thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs
WisdomNevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John
GospelsWith him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?
Numbers
Law / MosesBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.