And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
Nehemiah
HistoryMake thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.
Genesis
Law / MosesThe ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIf she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
Psalms
PoetryBecause of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
Numbers
LawAnd Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraYea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Job
WisdomAnd Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?
Genesis
Law / MosesBut the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it!
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWith clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt.
Job
WisdomWhile he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBehold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.