For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsAnd 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
LawHe saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark
GospelsBe merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.
Psalms
PoetryTherefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahSo the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraLet us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomThy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersYe shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
Deuteronomy
LawAnd David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
1 Chronicles
HistoryThis image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
Genesis
LawThou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
Esther
HistoryAnd I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
Ezra
History / EzraAnd Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahTherefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Judges
History / SamuelAnd I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra
History / EzraAnd in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther
HistoryNeither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: