He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsDoth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.
Ruth
HistoryThe right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew
GospelsSo she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite:
2 Kings
HistoryI will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there.
Psalms
PoetryAfter these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth;
Acts
History / LukeIf it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
Exodus
LawAnd they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,
Joshua
History / JoshuaYe shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
LawWithout counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
Numbers
LawRise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
Mark
GospelsA greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielWho smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsLet favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.