Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Exodus
LawHis seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.
Psalms
PoetryRejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
Acts
History / LukeMy servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.
Numbers
LawGo up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people:
2 Kings
HistoryWherefore 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
HistoryAnd the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
John
GospelsThat ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:
Joshua
HistorySo they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThat we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
Titus
Pauline EpistlesThen did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahAnd also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis
Law / MosesNevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Esther
History / MordecaiAtaroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon,