Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTherefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Amos
Minor ProphetsBut he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHe shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem.
Nehemiah
HistoryWhen the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsOn the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
Numbers
LawFearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exodus
Law / MosesO magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalms
PoetryDid not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
Nehemiah
HistoryThen the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
Matthew
GospelsThe LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Proverbs
WisdomIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
Job
WisdomAlso in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath.
Leviticus
Law / MosesGo not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
Numbers
LawAnd I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.
Genesis
Law / MosesJudge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.