(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:
2 Samuel
HistoryNow the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again.
Luke
GospelsAnd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
1 John
General Epistles / JohnThen shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryThey cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersFor he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
Nehemiah
HistoryFor the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
2 Samuel
HistoryTwo women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Matthew
GospelsLikewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Luke
GospelsAnd for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus
LawThen Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
Numbers
LawSeeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Acts
History / LukeAnd they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.
Joshua
HistoryAnd when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
Genesis
Law / MosesWhen he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSome indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.