Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonDoubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
2 Samuel
HistoryOne kid of the goats for a sin offering:
Numbers
Law / MosesTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Esther
HistoryAt the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
Judges
History / SamuelFor he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
2 Samuel
HistoryTherefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsYet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAll that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis
LawAnd all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsLet them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Psalms
PoetrySpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.