No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.
Numbers
LawAnd I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOne generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThey shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWe remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
Ruth
HistoryAnd the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
Mark
GospelsBy the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonNevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSo the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.
Nehemiah
HistoryThough ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
Amos
Minor ProphetsFor I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Luke
Gospels / LukeSo Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahI know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
Job
WisdomThen said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus
LawBut they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Leviticus
Law / MosesNor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesIf God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.