Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
Ruth
History / SamuelSo shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
Judges
HistoryThey have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.
Nehemiah
HistoryBecause thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psalms
PoetryAnd king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
1 Kings
HistoryThen he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.
2 Kings
HistoryOpen thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Psalms
PoetryWhen thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAre they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
Acts
HistoryWhen the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Luke
GospelsThen David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanFor a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsThen will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBehold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsMy net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsBeside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;