He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.
1 Samuel
HistoryIt is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThis we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
Psalms
PoetrySo likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke
GospelsBut he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew
GospelsHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
1 Kings
HistoryIt may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRemember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Psalms
PoetryBut, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesWhat man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
Luke
Gospels / LukeOf a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
Genesis
Law / MosesThat which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Job
WisdomTherefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me?
Exodus
Law / Moses(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
John
Gospels / JohnAnd thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.