I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Exodus
LawHe brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanSo Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Luke
GospelsTherefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Psalms
PoetryMy son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Proverbs
WisdomBabylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job
Wisdom / JobDan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods?
Genesis
LawBut first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
Luke
GospelsAnd into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
Matthew
GospelsArise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
Jonah
Minor Prophets / JonahAnd he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
Exodus
LawAnd I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWoe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukNow the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.