The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.
Job
WisdomIs not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
Exodus
LawAnd have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Proverbs
WisdomThe heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTherefore David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelCall together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsIf any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.
Acts
HistoryAnd when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
Acts
HistoryAnd he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
Exodus
Law / MosesPlead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
Psalms
PoetryThen asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
Ezra
History / EzraThey say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSo the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThis is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Numbers
LawAnd they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
1 Kings
HistoryAnd say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsUnderstand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOur fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them.