He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs
WisdomThus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahUnto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Numbers
Law / MosesThou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee.
Deuteronomy
LawIf any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges
HistoryAnd account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
2 Peter
General EpistlesThe sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
1 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
Numbers
Law / MosesThat which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesO ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
Esther
History / MordecaiSo Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelNow Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.
Exodus
LawAnd it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: