For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:
Leviticus
LawRemove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
Psalms
PoetryAnd I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
1 Kings
HistoryWhile he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
Matthew
GospelsTo execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
Psalms
PoetryBut ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job
Wisdom / JobHe bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
2 Samuel
HistoryAnd they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsBut God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersWith the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielSo king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
2 Chronicles
HistoryMan that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Job
Wisdom / JobOf the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraFor if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / Jeremiah(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
Luke
GospelsAnd again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
Hebrews
General EpistlesAnd he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
Acts
History / LukeThen said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThem take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
Acts
History / LukeIf this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.