I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThere is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Proverbs
WisdomThe Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth,
Ezra
HistoryAnd the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
Judges
HistoryAnd hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.
Exodus
LawBehold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBecause they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
Judges
History / SamuelNow therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
Job
WisdomThe gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHave the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?
2 Kings
HistoryThy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.