Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I 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
Poetry / SolomonAnd Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,
Ezra
HistoryComfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThough thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Job
WisdomPeace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
Deuteronomy
LawTherefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
1 Kings
HistoryNow it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke
GospelsWoe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukThen Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Esther
HistoryGrace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
2 John
General EpistlesSo Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahWho knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Job
WisdomAnd the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
John
GospelsThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Mark
GospelsLet no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesWill he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.