Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew
GospelsThat ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Mark
GospelsAnd they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.
Hosea
Minor ProphetsAnd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
Luke
GospelsYet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahOne thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
Deuteronomy
LawBut if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis
LawThen shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
1 Chronicles
HistorySo then death worketh in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulI charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline EpistlesBecause thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
Revelation
Apocalyptic / JohnAnd thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahAnd the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraMy soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesBut before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
Galatians
Pauline EpistlesIf thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying,
Deuteronomy
LawThe fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms
PoetryBut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him?