And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Judges
History / SamuelIn whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
Job
Wisdom / JobFor thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus
Law / MosesBut now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulLet them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAlso Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
John
GospelsAnd he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahThere shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark
GospelsAnd Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelYe shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus
Law / MosesSo ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesAnd the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielWill the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
Leviticus
LawAnd if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers
Law / MosesGilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;