Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
Job
Wisdom / JobWho is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
Job
WisdomGo up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
2 Kings
HistoryIn the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
John
Gospels / JohnHe giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
Acts
History / LukeHe that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete:
Leviticus
LawDeceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonHis enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraSpeak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
Hebrews
General EpistlesHe that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Proverbs
WisdomMine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers
Law / MosesNeither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke
GospelsYe who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosThen said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
Numbers
LawAnd the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.