What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
Job
WisdomAnd he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeWho then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Matthew
GospelsAnd Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.
Leviticus
LawAnd he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
WisdomThen Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelShe that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus
LawFor I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
Job
WisdomThy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water.
Exodus
LawEven unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThou shalt not kill.