Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonThe word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahYea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
Job
WisdomBut because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThey reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job
Wisdom / JobIncline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTheir children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsWhen they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
Luke
Gospels / LukeIf he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
Matthew
GospelsWhat mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBehold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan.
Joshua
History / JoshuaWoe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came!
Amos
Minor ProphetsThen David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan.
2 Samuel
HistoryIsrael was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
1 Samuel
HistoryMoreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.