Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
John
Gospels / JohnThey have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryA faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis
LawAnd the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
Judges
HistoryAnd the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAn horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Psalms
PoetryBut I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhich my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
Psalms
PoetryNotwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
2 Kings
HistoryOr have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
Job
WisdomFor Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHe that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
Proverbs
WisdomLooking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThen Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
1 Samuel
HistoryHear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
Matthew
GospelsDestruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears.
Job
WisdomAnd they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.