When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonDo good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Psalms
PoetryBut with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus
LawO Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAs the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
Mark
GospelsAnd Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
1 Chronicles
HistoryMoreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Genesis
Law / MosesBut let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
James
General Epistles / JamesFor he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesWhile the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielGo forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonNevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.
Judges
History / SamuelO my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;