Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahMattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau,
Ezra
HistoryYour iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
Acts
HistoryYet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus
LawAnd the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Esther
HistoryBehind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
Acts
History / LukeArise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
John
GospelsTherefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.