Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesLying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHow long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it.
1 Kings
HistoryMy root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsMy righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAs for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
Leviticus
Law / MosesSimeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations.
Genesis
LawAnd now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsConfidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
Proverbs
WisdomWho among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.
Numbers
LawMoreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.