A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Job
Wisdom / JobThus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThen said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
Leviticus
LawAnd Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
1 Chronicles
History / EzraHe that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Proverbs
WisdomBlessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
Psalms
PoetryBut Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John
Gospels / JohnIn the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahOut of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Matthew
GospelsThe light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis
Law / MosesMoreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsCease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.