They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
1 Kings
HistoryFor whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.
Matthew
GospelsI spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsJudge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
PoetryWhen he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
Job
Wisdom / JobWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonWhich perished at En-dor: they became as dung for the earth.
Psalms
PoetryThe LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
Psalms
PoetryGo therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
Exodus
LawBut the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
Exodus
LawHast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
Joshua
History / JoshuaFor John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Mark
GospelsAnd brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,
Job
WisdomAnd the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
Acts
History / LukeIf, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesUntil the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.