A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Psalms
PoetryAnd made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
Lamentations
Major ProphetsO satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms
PoetryThen cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThat he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulJesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThe salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNow it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Esther
HistoryAnd he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Genesis
Law / MosesHow doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Lamentations
Major ProphetsAnd whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAs ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHowbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
Leviticus
Law / MosesHappy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom.
1 Kings
HistoryBut now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.
Ezra
History / EzraTruly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.