Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumAnd he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
Leviticus
LawThou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
Matthew
GospelsAnd now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman.
Ruth
History / SamuelBehold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
John
Gospels / JohnBut as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
Proverbs
WisdomThe LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
2 Kings
HistoryAlso Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
Numbers
Law / MosesSo I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielJesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
John
GospelsI write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1 John
General EpistlesAnd the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.