The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahA fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Acts
HistoryThen the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.
1 Kings
HistoryFor what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesHis eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.
Genesis
LawO that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFurthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesMay be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesIn the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings
HistoryWoe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThere is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
GospelsNo man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges
HistoryFor I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesSlay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: