They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesOf Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraLet us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.
Job
WisdomThere is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
James
General EpistlesA fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
1 Samuel
HistoryBut the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.
Proverbs
WisdomBe not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles
HistoryRehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
Ezra
HistoryAs the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersSo ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Numbers
LawBehold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say.
Job
WisdomAnd it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHe that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonJustice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
Psalms
PoetryAnd king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn:
Numbers
Law / MosesRedeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Psalms
PoetryBut neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised:
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.