Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
2 Samuel
HistoryBabylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Luke
GospelsAnd Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
2 Samuel
HistoryDeliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
Psalms
PoetryThey shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John
GospelsAnd he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Luke
GospelsThe rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulTake the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Genesis
Law / MosesIn all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewMy flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.