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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And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThey that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
John
Gospels / JohnSo the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsThe LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Acts
History / LukeEnvyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesSo then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
Esther
HistoryBehold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying,
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
1 Kings
HistoryLet the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd they answered, that they could not tell whence it was.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people.
Joshua
HistoryYe shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawOnly in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.