Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Matthew
GospelsAnd they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Genesis
LawAnd if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
Leviticus
LawAnd they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
Mark
GospelsHe stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job
WisdomAnd there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Matthew
GospelsAnd Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
2 Samuel
HistoryI have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsThen answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts
HistoryBeloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
Luke
GospelsThat this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
Leviticus
LawThen saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
Matthew
GospelsHow oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Job
Wisdom / JobWhosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
Luke
GospelsAnd Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: