Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
2 Kings
HistoryCursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawFire, and hail; snow, and vapour; stormy wind fulfilling his word:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel
HistoryHer feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
2 Samuel
HistoryWhich hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Genesis
LawFor the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Job
Wisdom / JobPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John
Gospels / JohnOnly the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Deuteronomy
LawHow long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs
WisdomEven from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
Joshua
HistoryAnd whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesIron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
Job
WisdomBut all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.