And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you.
2 Samuel
HistoryYet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsI waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.
Judges
HistoryAnd I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNotwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.
Haggai
Minor Prophets / HaggaiAnd thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
Leviticus
LawThese are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Genesis
Law / MosesThy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTake him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
Job
Wisdom / JobWine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
Acts
History / LukeAnd I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
HistoryI will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahIf ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?