And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs
WisdomThe tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
Deuteronomy
LawIf thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomFor Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
Luke
GospelsThus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
Genesis
LawOur God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsI went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
Job
WisdomFor he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
Acts
HistoryAnd the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance.
Numbers
LawI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThat which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMy beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonPelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,