The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
1 Chronicles
HistorySo are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job
WisdomThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Esther
HistoryAnd Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Samuel
HistoryTake Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
Leviticus
LawWho whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms
PoetryFor thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
Obadiah
Minor ProphetsAnd the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.
Genesis
Law / MosesThis they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
Exodus
LawWhereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
2 Peter
General EpistlesPut me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesYet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Genesis
LawWisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
Leviticus
Law / MosesThou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsProud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.