For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
Job
Wisdom / JobI am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
Exodus
Law / MosesThen answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
Esther
HistoryBut they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThis I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThen shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaNow therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion-gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
Deuteronomy
LawThen he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBut Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
Judges
History / SamuelWho knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesYet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.
Leviticus
Law / MosesI will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Psalms
PoetryWhen he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
Proverbs
WisdomJesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
John
GospelsBring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.