When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSince ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGo not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther
HistoryIt is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs
WisdomUnto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1 Peter
General EpistlesI waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOur fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThat Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesFor verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAs the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWhich have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
3 John
General Epistles / JohnWhich now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?