Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
Ruth
HistoryTherefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
Psalms
PoetryAnd if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
Law / MosesTell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
Exodus
LawAnd on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:
Numbers
Law / MosesIf thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
Acts
History / LukeFor as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThese are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
Job
Wisdom / JobIf so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
1 Peter
General EpistlesBut Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomUpon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms
PoetryLet burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahYe sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.