And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahMy brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;
Job
WisdomAnd the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.
Judges
History / SamuelThen Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts
History / LukeTherewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
James
General Epistles / JamesAnd they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhen Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel,
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukReprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTheir camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.
Ezra
HistoryLo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
Job
WisdomAnd the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesPass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.
Joshua
History / JoshuaAnd unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesAnd he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mark
GospelsWho smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThen said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThen shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThen one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewBut it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.