When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahBehold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThe son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
1 Chronicles
History / EzraThe burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahFor he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luke
GospelsDrought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job
WisdomLet every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.
Luke
GospelsFor by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanGive ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
Exodus
LawWhen thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
Psalms
PoetryThen was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Psalms
PoetrySubmit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.
Leviticus
LawAnd those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel.
Numbers
Law / MosesPray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownThou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
Luke
Gospels / LukeThat drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.