He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIshmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
Psalms
PoetryFor every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsEphraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsRob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Judges
History / SamuelThe boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Psalms
PoetrySolomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land.
Exodus
LawAnd all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also.
Numbers
LawAlso thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesUnto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Genesis
LawAnd he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsHearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
Exodus
LawReturn, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Psalms
PoetryIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.