He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Joshua
HistoryOf Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
Esther
History / MordecaiTake counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings
HistoryCanst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.
2 Samuel
HistoryHear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalms
PoetryTake heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomPeter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
Daniel
Major ProphetsOur fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Acts
HistoryI taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the children of Israel enquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
Judges
HistorySo two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.