It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
Psalms
PoetryThou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.
Ruth
History / SamuelAnd the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms
PoetryThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Luke
GospelsAnd thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Exodus
Law / MosesO LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Leviticus
LawWherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
HistoryWherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
Hebrews
General EpistlesI speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
John
Gospels / JohnHe that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAt that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.