And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis
Law / MosesBehold, the Lord will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
1 Samuel
HistoryWoe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis
LawBut when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThat thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAt that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
Luke
GospelsWhere is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
John
Gospels / JohnWherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs
WisdomHe turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants.
Psalms
PoetryJesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThese be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben.