And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsAnd this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
Numbers
LawThen came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!
John
GospelsAnd he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be.
Daniel
Major ProphetsTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Micah
Minor ProphetsI beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAt the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanMany are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.
Judges
HistoryNow a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
John
Gospels / JohnHis servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhen I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
HistoryIn all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Numbers
LawSaying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon.