Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Luke
GospelsThen was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew
GospelsAnd they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
Mark
GospelsBut now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryThat which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job
Wisdom / JobKnowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Exodus
Law / MosesJohn answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
Luke
GospelsA soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them.
Exodus
LawAnd he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
Acts
HistoryBut as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
Acts
HistoryAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.