It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
Ezra
History / EzraThou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke
Gospels / LukeFor he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
John
GospelsAnd the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
Ezra
History / EzraIs there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
1 John
General EpistlesThen the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
John
GospelsAnd thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Exodus
Law / MosesWoe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelSurely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus
Law / MosesSay now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon;