And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Judges
HistoryDrink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee?
Judges
History / SamuelIf I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job
WisdomHe shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Hebrews
General EpistlesSaul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFrom the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Judges
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
Mark
Gospels / MarkWherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
Exodus
LawAnd do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram.
Genesis
LawOh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel
HistoryAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaI and my Father are one.
John
GospelsYea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.