It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsAnd the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,
Joshua
HistoryHe clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job
WisdomAnd at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
Daniel
Major ProphetsIf it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
Esther
History / MordecaiOzem the sixth, David the seventh:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraRemember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThen the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanTherefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThen said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Job
Wisdom / JobThat they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.