Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
Psalms
PoetrySo the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles
HistoryNeither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Judges
History / SamuelBehold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
Job
WisdomGo unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:
Proverbs
WisdomThus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts
HistoryLet the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
Esther
HistoryAnd Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis
LawFor whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Hebrews
General EpistlesWho will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
2 Peter
General EpistlesNow thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulTwo tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.