Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAsshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanOr what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Mark
Gospels / MarkWhen the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
Luke
GospelsTherefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
2 Samuel
HistoryIs it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Matthew
GospelsAnd they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Exodus
Law / MosesAvenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Numbers
LawIn that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHe said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Acts
History / LukeEvery purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
Proverbs
WisdomDraw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Psalms
PoetryThus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAlso I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThe law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.
Psalms
PoetryAnd strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.
Mark
Gospels / MarkYe have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.