Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
Exodus
LawHe riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself.
John
Gospels / JohnAnd he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Leviticus
Law / MosesAnd Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraBehold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,
Joshua
HistoryMy voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Psalms
PoetryThe word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAs a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
Solomon's Song
PoetryTremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThen the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.
Judges
History / SamuelThey gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion.
Psalms
PoetryDeath and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonFor, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsUnderstand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Psalms
PoetryLet the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Joel
Minor ProphetsAnd he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Mark
GospelsAnd I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,
Joshua
HistoryThese shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesHowl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThen the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahAnd he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: