It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSix days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
Leviticus
Law / MosesShall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs
Wisdom(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
John
Gospels / JohnAnd because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
John
GospelsBy him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd Isaac came from the way of the well Lahai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country.
Genesis
LawMoreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBut now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHonour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAs he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTo bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom.
Psalms
PoetryFor promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBuild ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIn that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.