Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahWhosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew
GospelsAnd Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
John
GospelsThey are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Psalms
PoetryAnd Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
Genesis
LawIn that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhat profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Habakkuk
Minor Prophets / HabakkukBut the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Nehemiah
HistoryO thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsThus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahBe not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraWho, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
Acts
History / LukeAnd to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts
HistoryAnd they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Exodus
LawOut of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
Numbers
LawI will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Psalms
PoetrySo Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
1 Samuel
HistoryAnd he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
1 Kings
HistoryAnd Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.