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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I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsCome, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
Luke
GospelsBut as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWe then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesJudgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Exodus
LawWhich was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,
Luke
GospelsThus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter;
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived:
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Luke
GospelsAnd when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Ezra
HistoryBut he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
Luke
GospelsSo the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.
Numbers
LawAnd now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Numbers
LawAnd he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.