Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
John
GospelsWhen they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
Luke
GospelsThen certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
Acts
History / LukeWho will render to every man according to his deeds:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesTherefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
1 Kings
HistoryWhich long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
Job
Wisdom / JobProviding for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesA sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face:
Numbers
LawAnd Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
Mark
GospelsElse, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Exodus
Law / MosesBecause the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsEven in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Proverbs
WisdomThou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIn Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Job
Wisdom / JobBlessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
Psalms
PoetryBy little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.