But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth, shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
Genesis
LawI called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahForty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesI will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewSo built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
Nehemiah
HistoryOnly fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
1 Samuel
HistoryAll the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryAnd it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahWho shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Revelation
ApocalypticMoreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD'S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIn the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahAnd Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:
Leviticus
LawWhen mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
Joshua
HistorySeeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.