For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Exodus
Law / MosesSaying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
Matthew
GospelsDaniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
Numbers
LawAnd what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis
LawYe which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amos
Minor ProphetsBut the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
2 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Proverbs
WisdomThen the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Esther
History / MordecaiO LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words.
Exodus
Law / MosesIt came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they went up, and pitched in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim.
Judges
History / SamuelBut in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.