And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomWho answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
1 Kings
HistoryThey forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Revelation
ApocalypticOintment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
Proverbs
WisdomWhat prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
Exodus
LawHow long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonWe have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBecause David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahLet thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1 Chronicles
HistoryBecause they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
Genesis
LawAnd when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewJoash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWoe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
Psalms
PoetryBlessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.