He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew
GospelsIf thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
Genesis
LawI am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonBut in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
2 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosFor it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterAnd I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Luke
Gospels / LukeBy what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Job
Wisdom / JobAlso on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus
LawAnd Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahWhom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
Acts
History / LukeAnd Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
Judges
HistoryAnd it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
Esther
History / MordecaiSurely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomBut it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.
Zechariah
Minor Prophets / ZechariahThen laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
Acts
History / LukeNow if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
Numbers
LawFor I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.