And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exodus
Law / MosesIn God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Psalms
PoetryAnd God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
1 Chronicles
HistoryI saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
2 Samuel
HistoryThe children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.
Job
Wisdom / JobHe that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Psalms
PoetryFor then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBut Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesThat I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Philippians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
Nehemiah
HistoryBlessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they journeyed from Beth-el; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.