Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAfter him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah
HistoryThey have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
Psalms
PoetryBehold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luke
GospelsVerily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Numbers
LawMany bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanLikewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
Mark
Gospels / MarkFor thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
2 Chronicles
HistoryRender unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahHe said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
James
General EpistlesAnd when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnnas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
Luke
GospelsNow at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.
Matthew
GospelsAt that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.