There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalms
PoetryBut if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
Numbers
Law / MosesLORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!
Psalms
PoetryAnd Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewI gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahIn the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
Genesis
LawThen Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Acts
HistoryThese are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraTahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThen the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
Esther
History / MordecaiFolly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs
WisdomFor they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd they remembered his words,
Luke
GospelsAnd the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahO continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.