He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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1 Chronicles
History / EzraI will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Joshua
HistoryThey die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus
LawWhoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.
Judges
HistoryAnd Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesI made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomZedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Numbers
LawAnd by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
Numbers
Law / MosesThe LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: