And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhen a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNow the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?
Joshua
HistorySo built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Esther
History / MordecaiBehold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
Acts
History / LukeThen said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
Luke
GospelsAnd the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Leviticus
LawAnd thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhy should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.