A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsRender therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTurn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesOr if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
Acts
HistoryAnd he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken:
Joshua
History / JoshuaBe not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonTheir fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulI went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBut those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.
Mark
GospelsI also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
Judges
History / SamuelAnd dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?
Job
WisdomAnd he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
Leviticus
LawThen the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
Matthew
GospelsAnd of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
Matthew
GospelsCanst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
Job
WisdomThe oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
Luke
GospelsI understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.