They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
Psalms
PoetryBut if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
1 Samuel
HistoryAt that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahLet thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Job
WisdomThe princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAlso I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Matthew
GospelsOr as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job
Wisdom / JobLet destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraGo unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThey shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
Hebrews
General EpistlesO satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beesh-terah with her suburbs; two cities.
Joshua
HistoryFor he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Luke
GospelsYea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWhen the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: