And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahTo judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
Psalms
PoetryO give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersOh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Psalms
PoetryOnly the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'S.
Leviticus
LawNow the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.
1 Samuel
HistoryFor the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much.
Exodus
LawBut ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
Luke
GospelsAnd the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
Exodus
Law / MosesThose that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Psalms
PoetryAnd he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.
2 Kings
HistoryFor the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
Proverbs
WisdomBut thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.
Genesis
LawAnd of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd he went up from thence to Beer-sheba.
Genesis
LawMake haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Solomon's Song
PoetryNow, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThe labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonNow the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark
GospelsTerrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.