And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
Job
WisdomAnd the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBlessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.
1 Kings
HistoryBut if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesDavid said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish.
1 Samuel
HistoryOr those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
Luke
GospelsAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges
History / SamuelFor who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Proverbs
WisdomAnd his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
Judges
History / SamuelThen said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;
Exodus
Law / MosesThat saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Matthew
GospelsO LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThen shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahNow Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.