They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWhereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much.
2 Kings
HistoryThen he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahFor Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
John
GospelsAnd king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThese shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Proverbs
WisdomInstead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
Numbers
LawAnd have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Acts
HistoryEnter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsA fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
John
Gospels / JohnFor the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsOf the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.
Numbers
LawAnd it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Genesis
LawAnd when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Deuteronomy
LawThou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNo man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.