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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The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGrace be with you all. Amen.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawSo there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him.
Judges
History / SamuelThe two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars;
1 Kings
HistoryAll my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms
PoetryThen shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Exodus
LawNor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John
GospelsThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms
PoetryAnd this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
John
Gospels / JohnBut the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs; four cities.
Joshua
HistoryFor by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
2 Samuel
HistoryBehold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhich of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahLet us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
Leviticus
LawAnd when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: