Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobThey go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
Psalms
PoetryThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomSaying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
1 Kings
HistoryWomen received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job
WisdomMoreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar:
Numbers
Law / MosesBut Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
Revelation
ApocalypticMy son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahHaving yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnSo Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThey are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Job
Wisdom / JobIs it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: