Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis
Law / MosesThat thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD'S.
Exodus
LawSeeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsSay thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTo whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHave we not power to eat and to drink?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
Mark
GospelsFor all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesJesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Matthew
GospelsUmmah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.
Joshua
HistoryAnd there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
Judges
History / SamuelThey that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Exodus
Law / MosesJesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
John
Gospels / JohnA soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonKnowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James
General Epistles / JamesHave ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThese are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.