As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBe ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Joshua
HistoryBehold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:
Joshua
HistoryThe king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms
PoetrySeven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhen saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawAnd the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThese mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Numbers
LawDeclare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Genesis
LawThey pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Acts
History / LukeGod is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Numbers
LawTherefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Acts
History / LukeFor yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me.