But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Luke
GospelsAnd afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John
Gospels / JohnAnd the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosNow therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Exodus
LawBut when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
2 Samuel
HistorySo Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
2 Kings
HistoryTherefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesWherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWhich shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd many more believed because of his own word;
John
GospelsCarry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
Luke
GospelsBut he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThen the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard.
Leviticus
Law / MosesDeclare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFrom the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd ye are witnesses of these things.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsIssachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,