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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Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?
Job
WisdomAnd Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanRemember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
2 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesOnly that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;
Judges
HistoryI will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:
Judges
History / SamuelDo ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Psalms
PoetryThe thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSo he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis
LawEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Job
Wisdom / JobThe LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
Exodus
LawThen Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Mark
GospelsAnd Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
Genesis
LawWhen a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy
LawA fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?