And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Genesis
LawRejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city.
1 Kings
HistoryIf a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd 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 ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Proverbs
WisdomO generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Judges
History / SamuelBlessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWhere are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsO God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
Psalms
PoetryThen the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.
Judges
HistoryNeither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAt what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew
GospelsAnd shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
1 Samuel
HistoryIf I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.