Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAs a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
Ezra
History / EzraIf ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
Joshua
HistoryAnd always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Mark
GospelsThen men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
Deuteronomy
LawA man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelThen cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John
GospelsThe word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraFor in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
1 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesBehold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThey were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Job
WisdomBut take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesThe nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
Leviticus
Law / MosesWhen they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
John
GospelsFor there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomAnd when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanI pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
John
Gospels / JohnForbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.