He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
Luke
GospelsWhen ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.
1 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
History / EzraBlessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Proverbs
WisdomTherefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
Genesis
LawThen the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Job
WisdomAnd all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
Acts
HistoryNaphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
Genesis
LawThey saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhen the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.