As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBelshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielTherefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielRejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Genesis
LawAnd ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp.
Numbers
Law / MosesThen he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesI know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Psalms
PoetryI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Judges
HistoryThe children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanWhich we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
LawAnd Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
2 Kings
HistoryBring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.
Psalms
PoetryForty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
Psalms
PoetryAmon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.
2 Kings
HistoryThen Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
John
Gospels / JohnBut those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's.