Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.
Joshua
HistoryThen Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job
WisdomYe shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Leviticus
LawAnd I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms
PoetryBut because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy
LawYe mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
Leviticus
LawBut thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsPaul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Titus
Pauline EpistlesThen Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people.
1 Kings
HistoryTheir webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.