Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLet your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
John
GospelsWho is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.
Acts
History / LukeYe call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
John
Gospels / JohnDestruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBlessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahI will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
Leviticus
LawFirst, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John
Gospels / JohnHe said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?