Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.
Psalms
PoetryLet his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Psalms
PoetryIt is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
Job
WisdomAnd Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
1 Samuel
HistoryNow after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
Mark
GospelsHow fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus
Law / MosesThis is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnSome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Job
WisdomBut for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
Leviticus
Law / MosesFor thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
1 Samuel
HistoryStanding afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Revelation
ApocalypticThe priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus
LawFor thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNo man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.