And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBehold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsSo those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Matthew
GospelsI was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
Judges
HistoryAnd he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThat the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Judges
History / SamuelAs he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraJudge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewFor if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsThe lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulFor verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Matthew
GospelsLet love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawAnd I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
Zephaniah
Minor ProphetsAnd Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day.
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Leviticus
LawBehold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.