I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
Acts
HistoryAnd it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelLust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Judges
HistoryAccept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryHe brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahAnd these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBehold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
Leviticus
LawRemember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
Job
WisdomIf his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.