But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTen cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board.
Exodus
LawBe thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonUnderstand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luke
GospelsAnd he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.
Joshua
HistoryAnd the space in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
Genesis
LawAnd there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsEvery vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Numbers
LawWe have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
Ruth
HistoryAnd the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesCome, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahForsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.