Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus
LawIf a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.
2 Kings
HistoryHe that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
John
GospelsA bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulTheir meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
Numbers
LawAnd there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:
Mark
GospelsTheir enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
Psalms
PoetryFor the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Exodus
LawIn that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahShall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?
Job
WisdomO thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThey shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielYe are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
Luke
GospelsAnd Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?
Leviticus
LawThen said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
HistoryAbout forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.
Joshua
History / JoshuaShall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsThey angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: