Then 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.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Ezra
HistoryAnd the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good.
1 Kings
HistoryShe is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSo David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
Matthew
GospelsYe ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
James
General EpistlesWe are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD'S house.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
Mark
GospelsTake counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
Acts
History / LukeA bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
1 Samuel
HistoryUnto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnA new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
John
GospelsI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John
Gospels / JohnFor their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?