Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job
Wisdom / JobI will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe word of the LORD came again to me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsNow the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Exodus
LawAnd Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do.
1 Samuel
HistoryThus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther
HistoryAnd yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John
Gospels / JohnThat the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Job
Wisdom / JobSihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
Psalms
PoetryAnd they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
Joshua
History / JoshuaBut hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself:
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThe fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes
Wisdom / SolomonThe LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:
Genesis
LawBut put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Job
Wisdom / JobLest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
1 Kings
HistoryThere is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: