And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.
Exodus
LawShe considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonO my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
Genesis
LawThou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua
History / JoshuaIs any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis
LawWhen they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBehold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukAnd the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Luke
GospelsTherefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnBut his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHis troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Amos
Minor ProphetsTeaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.
Acts
HistoryIn the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
John
Gospels / JohnThen will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.