Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTherefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsIs it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Job
WisdomThen shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
Psalms
PoetryFor all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Acts
History / LukeThen answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:
Amos
Minor ProphetsAnd the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesA king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Judges
HistoryWhat man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
Leviticus
LawAnd Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.
Genesis
LawFor if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
Luke
Gospels / LukeNow Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed.
Joshua
HistoryAnd Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanA fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonTo Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraI lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Proverbs
WisdomBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Daniel
Major ProphetsMoreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?