(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua
History / JoshuaMoreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsAnd she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
Genesis
LawThe lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
Acts
History / LukeThou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Genesis
Law / MosesSeest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
James
General EpistlesAnd he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Genesis
LawAnd many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterThe fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Mark
GospelsA slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHe smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.