Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,
John
GospelsWho are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
1 Chronicles
HistoryBehold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
Obadiah
Minor Prophets / ObadiahI have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
2 Kings
HistoryLet my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
Psalms
PoetryI will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Job
Wisdom / JobWherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name thereof is called Bamah unto this day.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielOf the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraWherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Luke
Gospels / LukeBeing grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Acts
History / LukePrepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
Proverbs
WisdomPraise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way,
2 Kings
HistoryI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
John
GospelsBut they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance.