The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
1 Chronicles
HistoryO Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBehold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.
Judges
History / SamuelShallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraKeep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Acts
History / LukeThese are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBut in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThere is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
Proverbs
WisdomFor the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Acts
HistoryNeither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Psalms
PoetryGive ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.