The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
Matthew
GospelsWe asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
Ezra
HistoryAnd said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
Acts
HistoryThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkNow Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
John
Gospels / JohnSurely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
Job
Wisdom / JobLet us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
1 Samuel
HistoryGo, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther
HistoryAnd they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
Numbers
Law / MosesSurely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
2 Kings
HistoryThen say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
Acts
HistoryAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
1 Kings
HistoryThe Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis
Law / MosesWith hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
Job
Wisdom / JobNevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMoreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.