But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
John
Gospels / JohnBut fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsNotwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
Luke
GospelsThen came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
Jonah
Minor ProphetsNow therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIt may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Exodus
LawBlessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James
General EpistlesNow Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
Judges
History / SamuelO that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
Deuteronomy
LawGood and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
Mark
Gospels / MarkCircumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNow because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
Ezra
HistoryHave the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Psalms
PoetryThen a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,