This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
Esther
HistoryI will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
Psalms
PoetryExcept it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
Acts
History / LukeTo an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterHe smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength.
Psalms
PoetryBut Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahPilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
Matthew
GospelsAnd as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Mark
GospelsAlso when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:
Ecclesiastes
WisdomIn those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.
Deuteronomy
LawBehold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
Psalms
PoetryEvery man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahShe put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.