And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Psalms
PoetryHearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
1 Chronicles
History / Ezra(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
Exodus
LawOf whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called:
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they enquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Luke
GospelsAnd I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Leviticus
LawAnd he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWhich the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBehold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame.
Nahum
Minor ProphetsNeither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Habakkuk
Minor ProphetsKnow now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.
Job
WisdomThen answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnHear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
Job
WisdomBut now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.