As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTherefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Esther
History / MordecaiHow long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonUnto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kings
HistoryThe son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke
GospelsFor consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawThou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonShallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThe curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
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
HistoryAnd they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Mark
GospelsBlessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahPut ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAs he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:
Luke
GospelsAnd say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGet thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
1 Kings
HistoryHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;