The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThis is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThen he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahBut Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.
1 Kings
HistoryBehold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosSanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawThese are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis
LawThen said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.
Genesis
Law / MosesThus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis
LawAnd the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
Joshua
HistoryAnd yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
Law / MosesThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIf I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
Job
WisdomFrom the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means.