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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.
1 Kings
HistoryBe it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
Ezra
History / EzraIn the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.
1 Kings
HistoryWhat man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms
PoetryHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
PoetrySurely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Matthew
GospelsBut prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBe not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHis enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHe that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew
GospelsAnd he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Genesis
Law / MosesAsk ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.