Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach,
1 Samuel
History / SamuelHe measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBecause thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielHave pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
Acts
History / LukeThe LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraTo whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThough ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosBehold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
Genesis
LawBut he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.