But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Proverbs
WisdomA time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonLet this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWhen righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsA stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs
WisdomBoth male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThey that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersConcerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Psalms
PoetryI lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBut by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThey meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
Job
Wisdom / JobAll the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus
LawAnd he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Samuel
HistoryO come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms
PoetryThat this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIt hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;