A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
Scripture to anchor the day. Search by book, person, theme, or keyword.
And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYe shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesForasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Acts
HistoryBut ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.
Deuteronomy
LawInstead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsBut those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonSpeak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus
LawLet no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSurely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThey gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersElse, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Exodus
LawTherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAs also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
Acts
HistorySo they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Psalms
PoetryTwo are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGo and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.