Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
Joshua
HistoryBut when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIt shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exodus
LawAnd he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
Mark
Gospels / MarkSeeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
Luke
GospelsBut when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
Matthew
GospelsTo him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Psalms
PoetryLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis
Law / MosesIn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThere was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Luke
GospelsThus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahCut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
Numbers
LawWhile I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalms
PoetryHe moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
Job
WisdomAnd Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: intreat for me.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Revelation
ApocalypticRighteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.