Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus
LawFor thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth.
Psalms
PoetryAnd David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
1 Samuel
HistoryThat thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
1 Kings
HistoryWhere there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Proverbs
WisdomAnd he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.
2 Samuel
HistoryThen came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahThey rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psalms
PoetryThen all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Nehemiah
HistoryAs they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Acts
History / LukeThis is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king:
Daniel
Major ProphetsAnd as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelMoreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraThen answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWho, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
Acts
HistoryAnd she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
2 Samuel
HistorySpeak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
Genesis
Law / MosesFor I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
1 Corinthians
Pauline EpistlesBut I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
Amos
Minor Prophets / AmosAnd he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.