For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus
LawAnd God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis
LawMy strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThat the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
2 Samuel
HistoryThese were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter:
Acts
History / LukeTouching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Job
WisdomAnd Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
1 Kings
HistoryAlso I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWhen thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAs a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs
WisdomSo we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms
PoetryO my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.