For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Proverbs
WisdomThese be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.
Genesis
LawWhy abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
Judges
HistoryHis soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.
Judges
HistoryThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsThe liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me.
Psalms
PoetryEvery raven after his kind;
Leviticus
LawAnd number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTake ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
Acts
History / LukeTruly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulHear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.