In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
Esther
HistoryThou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.
3 John
General Epistles / JohnNeither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
Matthew
GospelsFor they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThat thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
Genesis
LawAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Matthew
GospelsCan a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosA devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
Acts
History / LukeBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus
LawAnd if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
Mark
GospelsThis then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewChildren in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Mark
Gospels / MarkTherefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark
GospelsAnd the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.