Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsVerily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Matthew
GospelsThere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd ye know that with all my power I have served your father.
Genesis
LawAnd why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Job
WisdomAnd ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
Luke
GospelsTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
Exodus
LawNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
Leviticus
LawAnd shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus
LawAnd Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.
Genesis
LawFor the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBecause he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHis offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: