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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsMore to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersNebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
LawAgain, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
Matthew
GospelsAnd the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesShew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.
2 Chronicles
HistoryFor the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownNow the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
2 Chronicles
HistoryAnd Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods.
Genesis
Law / MosesBoast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Romans
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
1 Kings
HistoryAnd he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Genesis
Law / MosesThen Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahPartly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownAnd they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
Numbers
LawBe it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
Ezra
History / EzraNow therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Matthew
GospelsAnd when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.