But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.
Exodus
LawAnd David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Samuel
HistoryThey build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Micah
Minor ProphetsWhat manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John
GospelsLet them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYe are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBy thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:
Numbers
LawBut if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
John
Gospels / JohnBut the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBe afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesYe that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulO that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.
Judges
History / SamuelThis is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsWhy art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
1 Kings
HistoryThen the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.