When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewManasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Genesis
Law / MosesThen I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will.
Leviticus
LawBut Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying,
Acts
HistoryAnd thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
Genesis
LawAnd the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Kings
HistoryThey that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
Genesis
Law / MosesThat ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Ephesians
Pauline EpistlesAnd desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
Acts
History / LukeBut Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark
GospelsHer priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
Leviticus
LawAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.