For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.
Judges
HistoryServants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
Deuteronomy
LawBut beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
Mark
Gospels / MarkO inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOut of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
James
General Epistles / JamesTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAs soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryGaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBeside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAmong all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss.
Judges
History / SamuelThou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThen certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
Matthew
GospelsThen said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.