A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
Psalms
PoetryBy the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThen said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWatch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesNow the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTo him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnO Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
James
General EpistlesAnd when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Psalms
PoetrySaid with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.
Acts
HistoryAnd there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
Job
WisdomBehold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.