For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbour shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbour, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD'S release.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
Luke
Gospels / LukeI was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnNow I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesTake thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThen he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
Matthew
GospelsNow when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewHe was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
1 Samuel
HistoryDominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulHe also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
Job
WisdomI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Acts
HistoryAnd it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahHe that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
Judges
History / SamuelThey said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.