As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahOnce have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job
WisdomThou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall overflow with wine and oil.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelForasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us,
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
Exodus
Law / MosesThese were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles
HistoryNeither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.
Solomon's Song
PoetryFor I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Revelation
ApocalypticWe are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAppoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.