For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThen Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Acts
HistoryThe glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works.
Psalms
PoetryAnd his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Genesis
LawBut this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsSurely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewLet a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonAnd while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
Acts
History / LukeThe fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
Genesis
LawWhen the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsThe fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
Genesis
LawAn instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
Romans
Pauline EpistlesAnd heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
Luke
GospelsAnd I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsHear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
Exodus
LawAnd remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesMy lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Job
WisdomFor perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
Philemon
Pauline Epistles / PaulIn that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.