And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus
Law / MosesIf thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Ezra
History / EzraAnd strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts
HistoryWhosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnFor my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John
GospelsThe LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell:
Genesis
LawThe noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnA man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
Luke
GospelsAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterWhich, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd after that they durst not ask him any question at all.