TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.
Acts
History / LukeAs for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
Job
WisdomThey that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.
Proverbs
WisdomNow when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahSeemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
Luke
Gospels / LukeAnd the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
Exodus
LawAnd I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
Zechariah
Minor ProphetsFor so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Esther
History / MordecaiShall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon?
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMoreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
2 Samuel
HistoryRaging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Jude
General Epistles / JudeAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
Matthew
GospelsAnd he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
Luke
Gospels / LukeO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Micah
Minor ProphetsThus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Exodus
Law / MosesAs the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSay unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: