They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
Job
Wisdom / JobHow shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
Numbers
Law / MosesOf the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.
Ezra
HistoryAll the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus
LawRemember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin:
Deuteronomy
LawThat the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job
Wisdom / JobFor Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's,
2 Chronicles
HistoryAs the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther
History / MordecaiAnd one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers
Law / MosesFor thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
Mark
Gospels / MarkHe that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
Proverbs
WisdomOur soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBut the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
Genesis
LawAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
Gospels / MarkBut Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanNeither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Deuteronomy
LawTheir children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Nehemiah
HistoryA noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.