Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
Luke
GospelsHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsWhat advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
Judges
HistoryAnd all the people saw him walking and praising God:
Acts
HistoryAn inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Joshua
HistoryWhoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
1 Kings
HistoryTherefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John
GospelsAnd the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
Genesis
LawTherefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
Judges
HistoryAgainst him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahBut with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterA false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.