For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Judges
HistoryAnd Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThey that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 Samuel
HistoryThen Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Daniel
Major ProphetsNow Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
John
Gospels / JohnAnd Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Esther
HistoryBut the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
Judges
History / SamuelThen came the word of the LORD unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Micah
Minor ProphetsWhen he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
John
GospelsSo they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
1 Kings
HistoryBut if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhen the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest;
Leviticus
Law / MosesIf a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
Leviticus
LawFor ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielIf he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelVerily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
John
Gospels / JohnAlso I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: