Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThey shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel:
Ezra
History / EzraWhat do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsThen said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this?
Ruth
HistoryAmon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIt shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Haphraim, and Shion, and Anaharath,
Joshua
HistoryWhy do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Leviticus
LawAnd God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhat thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahBy the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
2 Samuel
HistoryShall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesGreat are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.