To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you:
Joshua
History / JoshuaThe mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
Joshua
HistoryAnd when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Mark
GospelsAnd they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Beth-lehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
Job
Wisdom / JobRighteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
John
GospelsThe LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsThy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred.
Numbers
LawAnd the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMy beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonA people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: