Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalms
PoetryBut the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThen came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
Matthew
GospelsFoursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof.
Exodus
LawAlso he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraEven as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
Esther
History / MordecaiI beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielUnstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahUnto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Psalms
PoetryAs the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy
LawFor to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAlthough my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanKnow that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.