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 the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Genesis
LawAnd the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;
Philemon
Pauline EpistlesBut who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him?
2 Chronicles
HistoryShe crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings
HistoryThen said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesRob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
Amos
Minor ProphetsSpeak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John
GospelsA dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings
HistoryHe spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
Joshua
HistorySo the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Ezra
HistoryAnd all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
Numbers
LawIn the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers:
Exodus
LawBut I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.