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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
Mark
GospelsAnd the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
Genesis
Law / MosesHear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahThe altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
John
GospelsAnd he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?
Genesis
LawThe desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
2 Samuel
HistoryHe maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
Genesis
LawWoe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Matthew
GospelsAnd she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her.
2 Samuel
HistoryI have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
Luke
GospelsNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSalt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
Mark
GospelsAnd they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses.
Judges
History / SamuelThese are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.
Joshua
History / JoshuaI will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
Matthew
GospelsBy his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.