Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsThen said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
Judges
History / SamuelIf there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy
LawBecause it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterA soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHow say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Acts
History / LukeHe loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonYe shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesBecause he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
Psalms
PoetryThus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHis branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
Deuteronomy
LawIf a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhen a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.