It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
Genesis
Law / MosesWith the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhich maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.
Job
WisdomWhose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawAll that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand.
Numbers
LawFor a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
Numbers
Law / MosesDeliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahHollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
Exodus
LawAnd Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
Acts
HistoryAnd his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesSaying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.