Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers
Law / MosesWhen they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts
History / LukeAll things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.
Numbers
LawBut he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
Joshua
HistoryAnd though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMoreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Joel
Minor ProphetsO vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsYet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Matthew
GospelsI said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThese were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles
HistoryHeal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Matthew
GospelsIs there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
Job
Wisdom / JobThen said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes?
John
GospelsThis is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
Daniel
Major ProphetsHe appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.