When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
Luke
GospelsAnd he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.
Mark
GospelsCommand Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Matthew
GospelsYea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersTo translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
2 Samuel
HistoryFor every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
John
GospelsFor I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThen shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThe Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
2 Kings
HistoryThus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
Deuteronomy
LawSee, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
2 Samuel
HistoryIf ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
John
Gospels / JohnThe people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielThe children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve.