Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryAs birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs
WisdomRemove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
Luke
GospelsWhich were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
Judges
History / SamuelHe may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
Job
WisdomI will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
Job
WisdomAnd Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Genesis
Law / MosesLet not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.