The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Luke
Gospels / LukeHer former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
Acts
HistoryWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWhoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYour mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
Ruth
HistoryAnd beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
Judges
History / SamuelHe shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.
Job
Wisdom / JobThou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
Acts
HistorySaying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHe asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
Psalms
PoetryBut the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Acts
History / LukeWrite ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.