But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.
Exodus
Law / MosesWhere no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job
WisdomAnd say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority?
Luke
Gospels / LukeRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsSo I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahFor thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsFor John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewIt is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonLikewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
1 Chronicles
HistoryTherefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him.
Job
WisdomBut if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
Leviticus
LawAnd the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Numbers
Law / MosesLo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.
Job
Wisdom / JobWilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.
Acts
HistoryNow therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;