The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Luke
GospelsThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther
History / MordecaiThe LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Amos
Minor ProphetsNor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psalms
PoetryAs for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
Luke
GospelsFor, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Esther
History / MordecaiWhen therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd they said, The Lord hath need of him.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Acts
HistoryAnd Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulUnto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:
2 Kings
History / JeremiahSaying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd every raven after his kind,
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahA son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?