But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
John
GospelsPublish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Amos
Minor ProphetsThe ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersLet not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
1 Kings
HistoryFor Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed.
2 Kings
HistoryVex the Midianites, and smite them:
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahTo the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBeing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land.
Numbers
Law / MosesThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNow it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke
Gospels / LukeGive her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.
Proverbs
WisdomShould he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
Job
WisdomAnd he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsGod forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.