All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther
HistorySo Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis
LawAt that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAll the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSo they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.
Leviticus
LawLet them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalms
PoetryIt is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonA man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulRegard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThat drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThat I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Colossians
Pauline EpistlesAnd his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
2 Samuel
HistoryThou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms
PoetryAfter him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.