My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonHe shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsI cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication.
Psalms
PoetryThen ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus
LawAnd it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
Numbers
Law / MosesThen the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
Job
WisdomI will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Psalms
PoetryIt is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis
LawFor among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNotwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke
GospelsA man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.
Exodus
LawSo they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
Judges
History / SamuelDuke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTurn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.