But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Luke
GospelsBehold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalms
PoetryNow therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
Proverbs
WisdomBehold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
Psalms
PoetryFor meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulI am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahNevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIn that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanBut seek not Beth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosTherefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
Revelation
ApocalypticTherefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.