Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
Proverbs
WisdomThen said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNotwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
Exodus
LawWhen they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
Matthew
GospelsAll we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanIn the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
Genesis
LawLet favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Joshua
History / JoshuaGod forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsFor he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewNow from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
Matthew
GospelsAnd from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe said, Bring them hither to me.