Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis
LawGather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWas the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsMany a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Psalms
PoetrySo David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
1 Chronicles
HistoryWilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
Job
WisdomFor thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsMeats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThese words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Genesis
LawGive me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Exodus
Law / MosesThat ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
2 Peter
General EpistlesBut he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;