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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulKnowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2 Peter
General EpistlesMoreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Exodus
LawWhen thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands.
Deuteronomy
LawThe LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
Matthew
GospelsElihu spake moreover, and said,
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLet them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Matthew
GospelsThere is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahUse hospitality one to another without grudging.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.
1 Kings
HistoryThe LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewPrinces have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
Psalms
PoetryBeware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Matthew
GospelsAnd there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
1 Samuel
HistoryProve thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
Malachi
Minor Prophets / MalachiAnd it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.