No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job
Wisdom / JobThe horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahSo hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnThen Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Acts
History / LukeFor he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
1 Kings
HistoryFor their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
Deuteronomy
LawAnd take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke
GospelsYe shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Numbers
LawThen shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNow when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewOr with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
Job
Wisdom / JobI said in my haste, All men are liars.
Psalms
PoetryWhen ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession;
Leviticus
LawLORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
Psalms
PoetryAnd now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.