There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Acts
History / LukeAnd every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnRemembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahYet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
Judges
HistoryThen Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.
Genesis
LawBe not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSince the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
1 John
General Epistles / JohnBehold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Luke
GospelsMoreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,
Judges
HistoryAnd cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.