When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
1 Samuel
HistoryMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis
Law / MosesBlessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersEvery one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs
WisdomUpon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThat all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged.
Deuteronomy
LawHear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBeloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
3 John
General Epistles / JohnNathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
John
GospelsOn the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
Esther
HistoryThen delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
John
GospelsAnd it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
Exodus
Law / MosesNeither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBehold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsAnd he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.