Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
Deuteronomy
LawA good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.
Proverbs
WisdomBecause ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.
Joshua
HistoryBut the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSpikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonConfirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts
HistoryBut I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosIn those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Esther
HistoryTrouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Job
WisdomMake a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBe thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBlessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the LORD, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
Leviticus
Law / MosesTheir young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job
WisdomLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
Psalms
PoetryO inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done?