The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
Job
Wisdom / JobBless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
Esther
HistoryEven so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Matthew
GospelsAnd I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Acts
HistoryAnd he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
Mark
Gospels / MarkYet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAfterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAlso of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
Ezra
History / EzraThat thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAt that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Matthew
GospelsTwo men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther
HistoryIncline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBehold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
1 Kings
HistoryThe men of Beth-el and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
Ezra
HistoryAnd Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryHe shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job
WisdomHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
GospelsGather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.