Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Ezra
History / EzraNotwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThe ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Genesis
LawAnd whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
Matthew
GospelsThine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Ezra
HistoryHe shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Mark
GospelsHear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job
WisdomThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
LawTheir idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulZion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.