He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
Numbers
LawFor he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulWhose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Job
WisdomSalt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Luke
GospelsFor thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahIn the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThat which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThey shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThat chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Amos
Minor ProphetsGreet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
1 Peter
General EpistlesBehold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him.
Judges
HistoryAnd what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelWhen he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
Genesis
Law / MosesI speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesO Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBehold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraIf it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielAnd Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.