And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying,
Job
WisdomWoe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
Luke
GospelsAnd Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:
Genesis
Law / MosesFor we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ezra
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewPeter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?
John
GospelsAnd Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
Nehemiah
HistoryKnow ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles
HistoryHis ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians.
Exodus
LawI say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
Mark
Gospels / MarkOf the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
2 Samuel
HistorySo we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms
PoetryI have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSon of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
Acts
HistoryAnd beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about:
Exodus
Law / MosesBlessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUnto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAll things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.