Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs
WisdomYet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsNow, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
Acts
HistoryFor Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
Numbers
Law / MosesIt is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
Numbers
LawAnd I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick.
1 Samuel
HistoryI will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful.
Psalms
PoetryBut the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
Mark
GospelsShould he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Job
Wisdom / JobIf there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
Exodus
LawAnd the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
Acts
History / LukeBut it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
Job
WisdomAnd whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.