No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsBut thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
Luke
GospelsAnd it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet.
Ruth
HistoryBut if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahFor that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulIf he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIt shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
Leviticus
LawAnd he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahNow therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
Ezra
HistoryTo confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
Esther
HistoryYe that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Genesis
LawFor the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Luke
GospelsAll this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAlso I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
Ezra
HistoryAnd the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.
Genesis
Law / MosesHe hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Numbers
LawAnd he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Genesis
LawFor I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.