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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Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs
WisdomThese two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Acts
History / LukeCanst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSpeak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
Leviticus
LawFear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
John
Gospels / JohnBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra
HistoryTruly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomHe maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psalms
PoetryGo, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther
History / MordecaiJesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
John
GospelsAnd Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
Luke
Gospels / LukeI say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesIs it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?
Job
WisdomThey are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.