A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
Genesis
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Luke
Gospels / LukeTherefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaThou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
Psalms
PoetryAnd mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan.
Genesis
LawIf after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThey shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
Psalms
PoetrySo they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThere were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelBut Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Acts
HistoryTherefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
John
GospelsAnd if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
LawThen Job answered and said,
Job
WisdomAnd Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
Judges
HistoryThou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth.
Psalms
PoetryI have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
John
GospelsIs not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?