For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThe slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
John
GospelsArise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
Psalms
PoetryMoreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMoab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph.
Psalms
PoetryFor Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAgain, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
Mark
GospelsAnd say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielO bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
Psalms
PoetryAnd he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAfter this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
Acts
HistoryThese were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHonour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThere were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.