And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
Joshua
HistoryAnd she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Judges
HistoryAnd another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
Luke
GospelsFor every man shall bear his own burden.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesAnd the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
1 Kings
HistoryI have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
Job
Wisdom / JobHave mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
Ruth
HistoryWhen I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
Psalms
PoetryI have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
Daniel
Major ProphetsI am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis
LawAnd the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielFor whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThey shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahHave ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens,
Job
WisdomAnd ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesLaying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
1 Timothy
Pauline Epistles / PaulThe LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.