Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart,
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Acts
HistoryKerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Deuteronomy
LawThou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psalms
PoetryTerrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
Joshua
HistoryAgain, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Solomon's Song
Poetry(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThou shalt not kill.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
John
GospelsThen Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia: