For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.
Joel
Minor ProphetsThese wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Exodus
LawIn the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonWherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
Job
WisdomBut into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThey are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
Judges
History / SamuelDavid therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTruly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts
History / LukeFor all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
Matthew
GospelsThen went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
Ruth
HistoryThou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip.
2 Samuel
HistoryTake thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
Amos
Minor ProphetsI will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
Law / MosesHe that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnConsider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsYe that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.