The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
2 Samuel
HistoryHow fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis
Law / MosesI am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John
Gospels / JohnHereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
1 John
General Epistles / JohnHe that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThey have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Exodus
Law / MosesLet him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Luke
GospelsNow learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Esther
HistoryYe shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
Leviticus
LawYet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhich the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThen began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases;
1 Kings
HistoryFor rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.