When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
2 Samuel
History / Samuel, Gad, and NathanAnd it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAlthough affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Job
WisdomAnd he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
Acts
HistoryHis eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
Solomon's Song
PoetryAnd the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahWherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?
Leviticus
LawMake no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:
Proverbs
WisdomAnd Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Joshua
HistoryIt is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Ecclesiastes
WisdomSo that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Genesis
LawAnd again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.
Mark
Gospels / MarkThey shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Hosea
Minor Prophets / HoseaAnd the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis
Law / MosesTherefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownSo they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job
WisdomI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.
Daniel
Major Prophets / DanielFor ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesFor unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus
Law / MosesHe hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
Job
WisdomFor they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.