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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Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.
Job
WisdomAnd she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed.
Ruth
HistoryFor by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
Mark
GospelsThen said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
Numbers
Law / MosesLay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
Job
Wisdom / Job(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
Luke
GospelsAnd he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Hebrews
General EpistlesBut the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.
2 Samuel
HistoryHowbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhere we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
Acts
HistoryThe children of Harim, three hundred and twenty.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesTheir roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulPonder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.