But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, and ran.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Acts
HistoryFor my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Psalms
PoetryThis is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
Genesis
LawIf I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
Job
WisdomAnd the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsFor the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor he that is not against us is on our part.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThe trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
2 Kings
HistoryBlessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
Psalms
PoetryThen measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsDestruction and misery are in their ways:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesJesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD.
Numbers
LawThen the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
Exodus
LawIf the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaBut I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.