In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.
Joshua
HistoryAll this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonEven men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
Amos
Minor ProphetsIn those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
Mark
GospelsThe man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.
John
GospelsAnd I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaHe that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Mark
GospelsThe Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
John
Gospels / JohnHe said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Mark
GospelsAnd Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
Numbers
Law / MosesHide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIf I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.