As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
Acts
History / LukeAnd the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke
GospelsAnd the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-lehi.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahHe that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs
WisdomThou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
Acts
History / LukeAnd it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThen died Ibzan, and was buried at Beth-lehem.
Judges
HistoryKnow now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOne man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThe high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
LawAnd the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesJesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
Mark
GospelsAnd Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably.