These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel.
Numbers
LawHast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
Judges
History / SamuelTherefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsTheir throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
Leviticus
Law / MosesGive heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahGet thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand.
Exodus
Law / MosesIs not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Micah
Minor ProphetsWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job
Wisdom / JobTurn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Job
Wisdom / JobGive unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHis roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.
1 Samuel
HistoryThe LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.
Psalms
PoetryFor the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesYet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThe watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonKings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: