That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exodus
LawAnd the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
2 Chronicles
HistoryYea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Exodus
Law / MosesBehold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psalms
PoetryFor out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?
Genesis
LawWho can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahThe men of Beth-lehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryThat all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Job
WisdomThus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
Haggai
Minor ProphetsAnd Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath;
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.