Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:
Genesis
LawAnd the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnMoreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahLet them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
Exodus
LawThey send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job
WisdomAs a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAs we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesBut every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Numbers
Law / MosesSon of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis
LawHe shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
Luke
GospelsNotwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart.
Deuteronomy
LawIf thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
Genesis
Law / MosesAfter him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part.
Nehemiah
HistoryHowbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesThe light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryThat your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawFor I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.