Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Job
Wisdom / JobHowl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.
Judges
HistoryAnd the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and twelve.
Numbers
LawThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBut that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts
HistoryAnd the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Genesis
Law / MosesGive therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsShe may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNow it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;)
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.