As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Job
WisdomEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
Genesis
LawNow therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers
Law / MosesThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job
WisdomAnd Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
2 Kings
HistoryO let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThere is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Job
Wisdom / JobI have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThen will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThe face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.