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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Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
3 John
General EpistlesAnd, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border.
Numbers
LawAnd whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnIf I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job
WisdomThey that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job
WisdomAnd whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Mark
GospelsAnd with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhich Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsIf thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonNow therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I charged Baruch before them, saying,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.
2 Samuel
HistoryThat Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
Acts
HistoryUnto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Genesis
Law / MosesBy whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhen thou comest into thy neighbour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnSo they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGo ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.