Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havoth-jair.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
Judges
HistoryFor I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
John
GospelsAnd they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew
GospelsAnd ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Luke
GospelsThey of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielA slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
1 Samuel
HistoryWhen thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.
Proverbs
WisdomOnly the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Genesis
LawWhence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
Numbers
LawAnd the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lo-debar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
Job
Wisdom / JobNow the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesEvery vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Numbers
Law / MosesI will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.