And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
2 Samuel
HistoryFight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesThou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWith my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOut of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.
Numbers
LawThe sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles
HistoryFor thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
Job
WisdomHis mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
Psalms
PoetryAnd she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
Judges
HistoryFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAs thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesIf I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Psalms
PoetryAnd it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Exodus
Law / MosesSo the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Genesis
LawWhoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
Exodus
LawAnd he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: