He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
Mark
Gospels / MarkFurthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsGet you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsFor the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
Hebrews
General EpistlesThe waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Job
WisdomYe shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Esther
History / MordecaiBut I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
2 Chronicles
HistoryGod standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaWherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Job
Wisdom / JobProvide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
Matthew
GospelsGird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
Joel
Minor Prophets / JoelAnd the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSo the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
2 Chronicles
HistoryBut when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
Leviticus
LawIf the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
John
Gospels / JohnThen Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.