Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
Acts
History / LukeAnd Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands: smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again.
Deuteronomy
LawMy son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs
WisdomFor they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
1 Samuel
HistoryHe will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
Job
WisdomAnd there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.
Judges
History / SamuelO LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraNebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.
Exodus
LawI have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Revelation
ApocalypticIn your patience possess ye your souls.
Luke
GospelsWhy is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job
WisdomAnd they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
Mark
GospelsAnd have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
Mark
GospelsBut to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
Genesis
LawAnd it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.