They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient.
Exodus
LawThen said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
Genesis
LawThese things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnAnd then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Matthew
GospelsAnd they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
1 Chronicles
History / EzraOf Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
1 Chronicles
HistoryYea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people:
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukSo are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
Job
WisdomCast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonI said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsHe that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms
PoetryI do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.