As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Luke
GospelsTo the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielCease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
Genesis
Law / MosesMine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaister them with plaister.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
Numbers
LawAfter this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Acts
History / LukeBlessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulSurely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOtherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSet up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.