They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsVerily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahO generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
Acts
HistoryAnd he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am.
Genesis
LawThe Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielBeware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
Luke
GospelsBut it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBut there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Luke
GospelsAnd Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelVerily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
John
GospelsAnd they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD'S offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.
Exodus
LawNow it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBehold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities.
Joshua
HistoryNow the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesThe holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.