In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesHe sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSave that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places.
2 Kings
HistoryThe tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahGo and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulNow is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
2 Samuel
HistoryShall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThe Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
Esther
HistoryThe LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThe singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryBut I speak this by permission, and not of commandment.