Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge.
Job
WisdomAnd his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
Mark
Gospels / MarkThen said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
Luke
GospelsAnd they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHodijah, Hashum, Bezai,
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAre not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAll flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThen shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Exodus
LawI will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Genesis
LawEthiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Judges
HistoryBlessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the priests' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand;
1 Samuel
HistoryBehold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
Job
Wisdom / JobSo then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.