And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
Job
WisdomDuke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites.
Genesis
LawAnd Beth-peor, and Ashdoth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth,
Joshua
HistoryWherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesBut we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.
Luke
Gospels / LukeDeceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs
WisdomHeaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Mark
GospelsAnd again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
Mark
GospelsBut turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
Luke
GospelsThou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThey shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.
Job
WisdomThe LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.
Joshua
HistoryLet them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms
PoetryAnd in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Ezra
HistoryFor wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.