A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Leviticus
LawAnd they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
John
Gospels / JohnFinally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
2 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulSo then death worketh in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesWhen thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesFor they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Exodus
LawThen I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsAnd of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
Law / MosesThe vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahThe Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
2 Peter
General EpistlesBut Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
John
GospelsBut thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahI opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Solomon's Song
PoetryFor whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
Luke
GospelsBecause they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
1 Samuel
HistoryYe stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,