And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahWhat ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
Job
WisdomSo the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersGreet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesThe desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Proverbs
WisdomMake ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsTherefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsHaving confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.
Luke
GospelsBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts
HistoryBy the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsBlessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThat thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIf I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
Job
WisdomThough I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsHe sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahDoth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
John
GospelsTo what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
Leviticus
Law / MosesThus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.