But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
Numbers
Law / MosesKnowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSaying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Revelation
ApocalypticFor the kingdom is the LORD'S: and he is the governor among the nations.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
HistoryHowbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesHe that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulO Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsPhilip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
Matthew
GospelsIn my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhy then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsA grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThen Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise.
1 Kings
HistoryKnow ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
1 Kings
HistoryThou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Deuteronomy
LawHe in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
Genesis
LawSound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.