It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomLORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
Job
WisdomAnd he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThen said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
Mark
GospelsAnd the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis
Law / MosesFrom Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.
2 Kings
HistoryBut he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhen he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelO my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonCursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
Matthew
GospelsFor as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.