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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
Psalms
PoetryLet the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,
Numbers
LawThou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.
Psalms
PoetryThen they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
Luke
GospelsTo whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
Leviticus
LawThe son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
Jude
General EpistlesAnd it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Romans
Pauline EpistlesWhere are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWoe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,