Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHis children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job
Wisdom / JobLook not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers
LawFor thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
Genesis
LawThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahArt thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAs the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Mark
GospelsAs soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownJesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Matthew
GospelsBecause my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Numbers
LawThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Amos
Minor ProphetsWho also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
Acts
History / LukeThey soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Exodus
Law / MosesBut the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
Exodus
LawSave me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.