Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
1 Kings
HistoryHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.
Luke
GospelsYet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.
Nehemiah
HistoryTherewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
James
General EpistlesAnd I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:
Numbers
Law / MosesIn that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhere the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomEven so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
James
General Epistles / JamesThat which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom.
1 Kings
HistoryJudah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.
Leviticus
Law / MosesYet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
2 Chronicles
HistoryLet the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBy thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kings
HistoryWhy should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.