Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Psalms
PoetryAnd of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraUnto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
1 Peter
General Epistles / PeterOne generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms
PoetryIf a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Leviticus
LawThey bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Job
Wisdom / JobWho have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
Psalms
PoetryWhen goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Job
Wisdom / JobRemember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD.
Deuteronomy
LawThe eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
Leviticus
LawAnd he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraIt repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAll the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs.
Joshua
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.