But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus
LawWhat? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahBut they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Luke
GospelsOne of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,
John
GospelsDeliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psalms
PoetryAnd all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
Mark
GospelsAnd hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them,
Acts
HistoryJudah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion.
Psalms
PoetryViolence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.
Joshua
History / JoshuaHis scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
Job
Wisdom / JobBut now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulBut the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelAnd thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
Deuteronomy
LawBe strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesNow both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
John
GospelsFor the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head.
Genesis
LawAnd I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd look that thou make them after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.