And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go.
Exodus
Law / MosesShall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLikewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHave any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
John
GospelsAnd Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only:
Joshua
History / JoshuaBe not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
Exodus
Law / MosesWho only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law:
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelBut the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
Matthew
GospelsFor we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
Acts
History / LukeThis shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersUntil the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanHe that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem.
Judges
HistoryDid I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.