But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Judges
HistoryThen were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Esther
HistoryWhosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.
Exodus
Law / MosesHe that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
Deuteronomy
LawThe sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
Exodus
Law / MosesTherefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahSing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersI will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Matthew
GospelsFor all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
LawFor a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Mark
Gospels / MarkBehold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThey shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThey stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahCommand the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually.