A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTo call passengers who go right on their ways:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
1 Kings
HistoryAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Job
WisdomAnd the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
Acts
History / LukeThe flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnTherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOffer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawJesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
John
GospelsThus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
Exodus
LawAnd they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.