But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
Job
Wisdom / JobJust balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
Leviticus
LawAnd the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelVerily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
John
Gospels / JohnYe that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
Amos
Minor ProphetsWherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
Judges
History / SamuelFor the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsHe doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWhiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Acts
HistoryAnd they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
Leviticus
Law / MosesEven these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThat thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.
Acts
HistoryAnd Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
Law / MosesJesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Psalms
PoetryAnd deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownJehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen.
2 Kings
HistoryThus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: