The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBefore I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers
LawThe rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
Job
Wisdom / JobGo and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Exodus
Law / MosesProduce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
Deuteronomy
LawBut if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
Joshua
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWe are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahWill he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBy reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.
Job
Wisdom / JobThen spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
Genesis
LawBut it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs
WisdomLet their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.