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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Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
Judges
HistoryTherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahNow therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
Ruth
History / SamuelI will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThere is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanThe sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister.
Genesis
LawI beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame.
Daniel
Major ProphetsBut I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
Luke
GospelsAnd he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis
LawHis going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersHe is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAt that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
HistoryLet my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
Psalms
PoetryHis children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Job
WisdomWhose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew
GospelsMeraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: